Fairland vs Geneva

A side-by-side comparison of Fairland and Geneva: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairland has the higher population (626 vs 276 in Geneva). Geneva has the higher median household income ($59,744 vs $47,500 in Fairland). Since 2019, Fairland's population has grown faster (+2.3% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairland	Geneva
Population	626	276
Median age	49.1 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$59,744
Median home value	$179,900	—
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	325	145
Homeownership rate	89.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	18.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairland	Geneva
Population	612 → 626 (+2.3%)	299 → 276 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$52,000 → $47,500 (-8.7%)	$57,431 → $59,744 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$123,000 → $179,900 (+46.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$846 → $867 (+2.5%)	—

Fairland

Population

612626

Median household income

$52,000$47,500

Median home value

$123,000$179,900

Median gross rent

$846$867

Geneva

Population

299276

Median household income

$57,431$59,744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairland	Geneva
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	6.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	7.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	27.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	24.3%
75 and over	19.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairland	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairland	Geneva
No high school diploma	8.7%	17.6%
High school graduate	55.7%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairland	Geneva
Drove alone	82.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairland	Geneva
1-unit, detached	89.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairland	Geneva
Poverty rate	8.0%	10.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1938	1954