Fairbury vs Flanagan

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

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

Fairbury has the higher population (3,683 vs 864 in Flanagan). Flanagan has the higher median household income ($75,104 vs $65,215 in Fairbury). Fairbury has the higher median home value ($155,900 vs $103,900 in Flanagan).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbury	Flanagan
Population	3,683	864
Median age	39.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,215	$75,104
Median home value	$155,900	$103,900
Median gross rent	$750	$839
Housing units	1,631	459
Homeownership rate	67.4%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbury	Flanagan
Population	3,571 → 3,683 (+3.1%)	1,011 → 864 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$54,833 → $65,215 (+18.9%)	$58,000 → $75,104 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $155,900 (+47.6%)	$94,600 → $103,900 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $750 (+7.4%)	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)

Fairbury

Population

3,5713,683

Median household income

$54,833$65,215

Median home value

$105,600$155,900

Median gross rent

$698$750

Flanagan

Population

1,011864

Median household income

$58,000$75,104

Median home value

$94,600$103,900

Median gross rent

$761$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbury	Flanagan
Under 5	6.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	22.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	6.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	17.7%
75 and over	9.5%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbury	Flanagan
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbury	Flanagan
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	40.8%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbury	Flanagan
Drove alone	80.0%	71.5%
Carpooled	2.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	20.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbury	Flanagan
1-unit, detached	76.2%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairbury	Flanagan
Poverty rate	3.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1962	1950