Fairfield vs Sims

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

Fairfield and Sims 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 164 in Sims). Sims has the higher median household income ($47,708 vs $41,026 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($91,800 vs $46,300 in Sims).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Sims
Population	4,658	164
Median age	44.5 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,026	$47,708
Median home value	$91,800	$46,300
Median gross rent	$558	—
Housing units	2,602	111
Homeownership rate	68.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Sims
Population	5,082 → 4,658 (-8.3%)	148 → 164 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$39,469 → $41,026 (+3.9%)	$44,531 → $47,708 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $91,800 (+22.7%)	$50,000 → $46,300 (-7.4%)
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

Sims

Population

148164

Median household income

$44,531$47,708

Median home value

$50,000$46,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Sims
Under 5	5.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	6.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	0.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	23.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.2%
75 and over	13.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Sims
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Sims
No high school diploma	8.9%	21.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Sims
Drove alone	84.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	14.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Sims
1-unit, detached	75.8%	49.5%
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%	50.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Sims
Poverty rate	18.5%	28.0%
Average household size	1.98	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1957	1973