Cisne vs Fairfield

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (4,658 vs 610 in Cisne). Cisne has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $41,026 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($91,800 vs $85,000 in Cisne).

Population, income & housing

	Cisne	Fairfield
Population	610	4,658
Median age	44.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$41,026
Median home value	$85,000	$91,800
Median gross rent	$621	$558
Housing units	321	2,602
Homeownership rate	76.5%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cisne	Fairfield
Population	536 → 610 (+13.8%)	5,082 → 4,658 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$34,034 → $56,563 (+66.2%)	$39,469 → $41,026 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $85,000 (+34.9%)	$74,800 → $91,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $621 (+19.7%)	$622 → $558 (-10.3%)

Cisne

Population

536610

Median household income

$34,034$56,563

Median home value

$63,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$519$621

Fairfield

Population

5,0824,658

Median household income

$39,469$41,026

Median home value

$74,800$91,800

Median gross rent

$622$558

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cisne	Fairfield
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	18.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.4%
75 and over	9.3%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cisne	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cisne	Fairfield
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	50.1%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cisne	Fairfield
Drove alone	89.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cisne	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	75.7%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Cisne	Fairfield
Poverty rate	7.4%	18.5%
Average household size	2.01	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1952	1957