Clinton vs Fairfield Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Fairfield Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Clinton and Fairfield Bay are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clinton has the higher population (2,506 vs 2,247 in Fairfield Bay). Fairfield Bay has the higher median household income ($54,735 vs $41,447 in Clinton). Fairfield Bay has the higher median home value ($157,300 vs $121,300 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Fairfield Bay
Population	2,506	2,247
Median age	47.9 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,447	$54,735
Median home value	$121,300	$157,300
Median gross rent	$710	$888
Housing units	1,408	2,065
Homeownership rate	63.3%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Fairfield Bay
Population	2,547 → 2,506 (-1.6%)	2,212 → 2,247 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$35,965 → $41,447 (+15.2%)	$39,179 → $54,735 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $121,300 (+6.8%)	$101,700 → $157,300 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $710 (+69.9%)	$1,045 → $888 (-15.0%)

Clinton

Population

2,5472,506

Median household income

$35,965$41,447

Median home value

$113,600$121,300

Median gross rent

$418$710

Fairfield Bay

Population

2,2122,247

Median household income

$39,179$54,735

Median home value

$101,700$157,300

Median gross rent

$1,045$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Fairfield Bay
Under 5	4.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	2.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	6.5%	3.6%
45 to 54	16.5%	4.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	27.8%
75 and over	10.5%	32.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Fairfield Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	87.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Fairfield Bay
No high school diploma	14.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	45.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Fairfield Bay
Drove alone	75.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	19.8%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	11.5%
Other means	0.2%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Fairfield Bay
1-unit, detached	73.2%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	3.1%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Fairfield Bay
Poverty rate	23.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.12	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1979	1983