Dwight vs Fairbury

A side-by-side comparison of Dwight and Fairbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Dwight and Fairbury are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dwight has the higher population (3,794 vs 3,683 in Fairbury). Dwight has the higher median household income ($67,712 vs $65,215 in Fairbury). Fairbury has the higher median home value ($155,900 vs $143,200 in Dwight).

Population, income & housing

	Dwight	Fairbury
Population	3,794	3,683
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,712	$65,215
Median home value	$143,200	$155,900
Median gross rent	$992	$750
Housing units	1,679	1,631
Homeownership rate	69.4%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dwight	Fairbury
Population	4,096 → 3,794 (-7.4%)	3,571 → 3,683 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $67,712 (+37.1%)	$54,833 → $65,215 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$120,000 → $143,200 (+19.3%)	$105,600 → $155,900 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $992 (+40.9%)	$698 → $750 (+7.4%)

Dwight

Population

4,0963,794

Median household income

$49,375$67,712

Median home value

$120,000$143,200

Median gross rent

$704$992

Fairbury

Population

3,5713,683

Median household income

$54,833$65,215

Median home value

$105,600$155,900

Median gross rent

$698$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dwight	Fairbury
Under 5	4.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	22.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.9%
75 and over	7.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dwight	Fairbury
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.5%
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	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dwight	Fairbury
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	41.2%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dwight	Fairbury
Drove alone	84.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	2.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	4.7%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	10.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dwight	Fairbury
1-unit, detached	73.3%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Dwight	Fairbury
Poverty rate	14.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	16
Median year structure built	1960	1962