Fairford vs Vinegar Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Fairford and Vinegar Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairford and Vinegar Bend are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vinegar Bend has the higher population (198 vs 155 in Fairford). Since 2019, Fairford's population has grown faster (+40.9% vs -48.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairford	Vinegar Bend
Population	155	198
Median age	50.1 yrs	62.0 yrs
Median household income	$94,309	—
Median home value	$218,500	—
Housing units	68	167
Homeownership rate	100.0%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairford	Vinegar Bend
Population	110 → 155 (+40.9%)	383 → 198 (-48.3%)
Median home value	—	$71,800 → $72,900 (+1.5%)

Fairford

Population

110155

Vinegar Bend

Population

383198

Median home value

$71,800$72,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairford	Vinegar Bend
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	87.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	51.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	19.7%
75 and over	0.0%	28.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairford	Vinegar Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	45.8%	39.9%
Black or African American	54.2%	60.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairford	Vinegar Bend
No high school diploma	0.0%	34.3%
High school graduate	13.2%	1.0%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairford	Vinegar Bend
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairford	Vinegar Bend
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairford	Vinegar Bend
Poverty rate	0.0%	51.5%
Average household size	2.28	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	2003	1974