Fairfield vs Mount Erie

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

Fairfield and Mount Erie 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 133 in Mount Erie). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($41,026 vs $28,750 in Mount Erie). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($91,800 vs $90,700 in Mount Erie).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Mount Erie
Population	4,658	133
Median age	44.5 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,026	$28,750
Median home value	$91,800	$90,700
Median gross rent	$558	—
Housing units	2,602	48
Homeownership rate	68.1%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Mount Erie
Population	5,082 → 4,658 (-8.3%)	91 → 133 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$39,469 → $41,026 (+3.9%)	$29,722 → $28,750 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $91,800 (+22.7%)	$62,900 → $90,700 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $558 (-10.3%)	—

Fairfield

Population

5,0824,658

Median household income

$39,469$41,026

Median home value

$74,800$91,800

Median gross rent

$622$558

Mount Erie

Population

91133

Median household income

$29,722$28,750

Median home value

$62,900$90,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Mount Erie
Under 5	5.4%	23.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	21.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	5.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.0%
75 and over	13.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Mount Erie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Mount Erie
No high school diploma	8.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.7%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Mount Erie
Drove alone	84.2%	92.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Mount Erie
1-unit, detached	75.8%	58.3%
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%	41.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Mount Erie
Poverty rate	18.5%	37.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1957	1973