Fairland vs Waldron

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

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

Waldron has the higher population (729 vs 626 in Fairland). Waldron has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $47,500 in Fairland). Fairland has the higher median home value ($179,900 vs $114,700 in Waldron).

Population, income & housing

	Fairland	Waldron
Population	626	729
Median age	49.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$88,333
Median home value	$179,900	$114,700
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	325	220
Homeownership rate	89.2%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairland	Waldron
Population	612 → 626 (+2.3%)	647 → 729 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$52,000 → $47,500 (-8.7%)	$46,250 → $88,333 (+91.0%)
Median home value	$123,000 → $179,900 (+46.3%)	$98,900 → $114,700 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $867 (+2.5%)	$528 → $818 (+54.9%)

Fairland

Population

612626

Median household income

$52,000$47,500

Median home value

$123,000$179,900

Median gross rent

$846$867

Waldron

Population

647729

Median household income

$46,250$88,333

Median home value

$98,900$114,700

Median gross rent

$528$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairland	Waldron
Under 5	4.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	12.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	3.6%
35 to 44	7.3%	23.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	4.1%
75 and over	19.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairland	Waldron
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	99.6%
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%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairland	Waldron
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	55.7%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairland	Waldron
Drove alone	82.6%	64.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairland	Waldron
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	Waldron
Poverty rate	8.0%	11.2%
Average household size	1.98	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1938	1962