Fairfield University vs Stratford Downtown

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

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

Fairfield University has the higher population (2,516 vs 1,758 in Stratford Downtown). Since 2019, Stratford Downtown's population has grown faster (+18.5% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield University	Stratford Downtown
Population	2,516	1,758
Median age	19.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,875
Median home value	—	$291,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,245
Housing units	11	775
Homeownership rate	0.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield University	Stratford Downtown
Population	2,725 → 2,516 (-7.7%)	1,484 → 1,758 (+18.5%)
Median household income	—	$67,833 → $73,875 (+8.9%)
Median home value	—	$229,400 → $291,300 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,141 → $1,245 (+9.1%)

Fairfield University

Population

2,7252,516

Stratford Downtown

Population

1,4841,758

Median household income

$67,833$73,875

Median home value

$229,400$291,300

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield University	Stratford Downtown
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	1.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	96.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	0.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.0%
45 to 54	0.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	0.4%	18.5%
65 to 74	0.4%	12.1%
75 and over	0.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield University	Stratford Downtown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	70.3%
Black or African American	3.1%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield University	Stratford Downtown
No high school diploma	23.7%	12.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield University	Stratford Downtown
Drove alone	30.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.2%
Public transit	1.3%	6.5%
Walked	35.9%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	7.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield University	Stratford Downtown
1-unit, detached	0.0%	53.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	100.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	28.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield University	Stratford Downtown
Poverty rate	91.7%	8.9%
Average household size	—	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	—	1958