Fairfield Bay vs Shirley

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

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

Fairfield Bay has the higher population (2,247 vs 307 in Shirley). Fairfield Bay has the higher median household income ($54,735 vs $35,938 in Shirley). Fairfield Bay has the higher median home value ($157,300 vs $92,000 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield Bay	Shirley
Population	2,247	307
Median age	68.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,735	$35,938
Median home value	$157,300	$92,000
Median gross rent	$888	$625
Housing units	2,065	163
Homeownership rate	87.1%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield Bay	Shirley
Population	2,212 → 2,247 (+1.6%)	358 → 307 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$39,179 → $54,735 (+39.7%)	$35,000 → $35,938 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $157,300 (+54.7%)	$81,000 → $92,000 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $888 (-15.0%)	$606 → $625 (+3.1%)

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

Shirley

Population

358307

Median household income

$35,000$35,938

Median home value

$81,000$92,000

Median gross rent

$606$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield Bay	Shirley
Under 5	2.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	2.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	2.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	5.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	3.6%	6.8%
45 to 54	4.9%	16.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	27.8%	8.1%
75 and over	32.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield Bay	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield Bay	Shirley
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	29.9%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield Bay	Shirley
Drove alone	78.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	2.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	4.2%
Other means	8.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield Bay	Shirley
1-unit, detached	68.8%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield Bay	Shirley
Poverty rate	9.6%	33.9%
Average household size	1.58	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	41
Median year structure built	1983	1972