Fairfield vs Jeffersonville

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

Fairfield and Jeffersonville 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 264 in Jeffersonville). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($41,026 vs $38,750 in Jeffersonville). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($91,800 vs $59,000 in Jeffersonville).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Jeffersonville
Population	4,658	264
Median age	44.5 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,026	$38,750
Median home value	$91,800	$59,000
Median gross rent	$558	$733
Housing units	2,602	141
Homeownership rate	68.1%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Jeffersonville
Population	5,082 → 4,658 (-8.3%)	379 → 264 (-30.3%)
Median household income	$39,469 → $41,026 (+3.9%)	$39,107 → $38,750 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $91,800 (+22.7%)	$51,700 → $59,000 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $558 (-10.3%)	$763 → $733 (-3.9%)

Fairfield

Population

5,0824,658

Median household income

$39,469$41,026

Median home value

$74,800$91,800

Median gross rent

$622$558

Jeffersonville

Population

379264

Median household income

$39,107$38,750

Median home value

$51,700$59,000

Median gross rent

$763$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Jeffersonville
Under 5	5.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	19.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	3.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	18.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.6%
75 and over	13.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Jeffersonville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Jeffersonville
No high school diploma	8.9%	14.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Jeffersonville
Drove alone	84.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Jeffersonville
1-unit, detached	75.8%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Jeffersonville
Poverty rate	18.5%	25.9%
Average household size	1.98	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1957	1972