Fairfield University vs Lordship

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfield University and Lordship: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairfield University and Lordship are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lordship has the higher population (3,613 vs 2,516 in Fairfield University). Since 2019, Lordship's population has grown faster (+15.0% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield University	Lordship
Population	2,516	3,613
Median age	19.3 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$85,347
Median home value	—	$432,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,637
Housing units	11	1,775
Homeownership rate	0.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield University	Lordship
Population	2,725 → 2,516 (-7.7%)	3,141 → 3,613 (+15.0%)
Median household income	—	$76,625 → $85,347 (+11.4%)
Median home value	—	$376,900 → $432,800 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,433 → $1,637 (+14.2%)

Fairfield University

Population

2,7252,516

Lordship

Population

3,1413,613

Median household income

$76,625$85,347

Median home value

$376,900$432,800

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield University	Lordship
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	1.9%	9.9%
18 to 24	96.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	0.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	0.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	0.4%	23.9%
65 to 74	0.4%	18.5%
75 and over	0.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield University	Lordship
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	88.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield University	Lordship
No high school diploma	23.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	28.9%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield University	Lordship
Drove alone	30.4%	72.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.0%
Public transit	1.3%	3.1%
Walked	35.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	21.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield University	Lordship
1-unit, detached	0.0%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	100.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield University	Lordship
Poverty rate	91.7%	8.4%
Average household size	—	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	—	1958