Fairbury vs Odell

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

Fairbury and Odell 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 866 in Odell). Odell has the higher median household income ($77,212 vs $65,215 in Fairbury). Fairbury has the higher median home value ($155,900 vs $130,400 in Odell).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbury	Odell
Population	3,683	866
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,215	$77,212
Median home value	$155,900	$130,400
Median gross rent	$750	$993
Housing units	1,631	383
Homeownership rate	67.4%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbury	Odell
Population	3,571 → 3,683 (+3.1%)	1,097 → 866 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$54,833 → $65,215 (+18.9%)	$52,083 → $77,212 (+48.2%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $155,900 (+47.6%)	$100,800 → $130,400 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $750 (+7.4%)	$909 → $993 (+9.2%)

Fairbury

Population

3,5713,683

Median household income

$54,833$65,215

Median home value

$105,600$155,900

Median gross rent

$698$750

Odell

Population

1,097866

Median household income

$52,083$77,212

Median home value

$100,800$130,400

Median gross rent

$909$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbury	Odell
Under 5	6.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	22.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	6.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.5%
75 and over	9.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbury	Odell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
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	2.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbury	Odell
No high school diploma	8.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbury	Odell
Drove alone	80.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbury	Odell
1-unit, detached	76.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairbury	Odell
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1962	1938