Fairland vs Morristown

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

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

Morristown has the higher population (996 vs 626 in Fairland). Morristown has the higher median household income ($47,850 vs $47,500 in Fairland). Fairland has the higher median home value ($179,900 vs $137,500 in Morristown).

Population, income & housing

	Fairland	Morristown
Population	626	996
Median age	49.1 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$47,850
Median home value	$179,900	$137,500
Median gross rent	$867	$910
Housing units	325	429
Homeownership rate	89.2%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairland	Morristown
Population	612 → 626 (+2.3%)	1,269 → 996 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$52,000 → $47,500 (-8.7%)	$52,946 → $47,850 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$123,000 → $179,900 (+46.3%)	$102,700 → $137,500 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $867 (+2.5%)	$795 → $910 (+14.5%)

Fairland

Population

612626

Median household income

$52,000$47,500

Median home value

$123,000$179,900

Median gross rent

$846$867

Morristown

Population

1,269996

Median household income

$52,946$47,850

Median home value

$102,700$137,500

Median gross rent

$795$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairland	Morristown
Under 5	4.8%	2.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	6.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	19.5%
45 to 54	15.7%	5.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.8%
75 and over	19.2%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairland	Morristown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairland	Morristown
No high school diploma	8.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	55.7%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairland	Morristown
Drove alone	82.6%	79.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	5.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairland	Morristown
1-unit, detached	89.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairland	Morristown
Poverty rate	8.0%	14.8%
Average household size	1.98	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1938	1964