Fair Oaks vs Rensselaer

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Oaks and Rensselaer: population, income, housing, and more.

Fair Oaks and Rensselaer are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rensselaer has the higher population (5,369 vs 268 in Fair Oaks). Fair Oaks has the higher median household income ($61,910 vs $61,648 in Rensselaer).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Rensselaer
Population	268	5,369
Median age	23.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,910	$61,648
Median home value	—	$149,100
Median gross rent	—	$868
Housing units	55	2,556
Homeownership rate	20.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Rensselaer
Population	317 → 268 (-15.5%)	6,324 → 5,369 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$59,844 → $61,910 (+3.5%)	$48,162 → $61,648 (+28.0%)
Median home value	—	$115,700 → $149,100 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$733 → $868 (+18.4%)

Fair Oaks

Population

317268

Median household income

$59,844$61,910

Rensselaer

Population

6,3245,369

Median household income

$48,162$61,648

Median home value

$115,700$149,100

Median gross rent

$733$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Rensselaer
Under 5	16.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	30.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	38.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.3%
75 and over	0.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Rensselaer
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Rensselaer
No high school diploma	55.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	6.3%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Rensselaer
Drove alone	66.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	33.8%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Rensselaer
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Rensselaer
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.5%
Average household size	4.87	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	2004	1955