Fairfield vs Wayne City

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

Fairfield and Wayne City 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 1,050 in Wayne City). Wayne City has the higher median household income ($58,208 vs $41,026 in Fairfield). Wayne City has the higher median home value ($108,600 vs $91,800 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Wayne City
Population	4,658	1,050
Median age	44.5 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,026	$58,208
Median home value	$91,800	$108,600
Median gross rent	$558	$746
Housing units	2,602	486
Homeownership rate	68.1%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Wayne City
Population	5,082 → 4,658 (-8.3%)	965 → 1,050 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$39,469 → $41,026 (+3.9%)	$51,389 → $58,208 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $91,800 (+22.7%)	$97,300 → $108,600 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $558 (-10.3%)	$673 → $746 (+10.8%)

Fairfield

Population

5,0824,658

Median household income

$39,469$41,026

Median home value

$74,800$91,800

Median gross rent

$622$558

Wayne City

Population

9651,050

Median household income

$51,389$58,208

Median home value

$97,300$108,600

Median gross rent

$673$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Wayne City
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	19.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.3%
75 and over	13.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Wayne City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	99.0%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Wayne City
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Wayne City
Drove alone	84.2%	88.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Wayne City
1-unit, detached	75.8%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	9.1%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Wayne City
Poverty rate	18.5%	11.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1957	1975