Fair Oaks vs Wheatfield

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

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

Wheatfield has the higher population (841 vs 268 in Fair Oaks). Wheatfield has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $61,910 in Fair Oaks). Since 2019, Wheatfield's population has grown faster (-9.4% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Wheatfield
Population	268	841
Median age	23.5 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,910	$80,625
Median home value	—	$191,900
Median gross rent	—	$790
Housing units	55	339
Homeownership rate	20.0%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Wheatfield
Population	317 → 268 (-15.5%)	928 → 841 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$59,844 → $61,910 (+3.5%)	$45,526 → $80,625 (+77.1%)
Median home value	—	$115,700 → $191,900 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$718 → $790 (+10.0%)

Fair Oaks

Population

317268

Median household income

$59,844$61,910

Wheatfield

Population

928841

Median household income

$45,526$80,625

Median home value

$115,700$191,900

Median gross rent

$718$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Wheatfield
Under 5	16.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	30.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	38.8%	17.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.5%
75 and over	0.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Wheatfield
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Wheatfield
No high school diploma	55.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	6.3%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Wheatfield
Drove alone	66.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	33.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Wheatfield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Wheatfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.5%
Average household size	4.87	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	2004	1974