Carlisle vs Fairbanks

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle and Fairbanks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carlisle has the higher population (610 vs 324 in Fairbanks). Fairbanks has the higher median household income ($87,273 vs $52,143 in Carlisle). Since 2019, Fairbanks's population has grown faster (-1.5% vs -7.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Fairbanks
Population	610	324
Median age	38.1 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,143	$87,273
Median home value	$59,500	—
Median gross rent	$803	—
Housing units	335	84
Homeownership rate	74.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	29.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Fairbanks
Population	660 → 610 (-7.6%)	329 → 324 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $52,143 (+32.4%)	$96,563 → $87,273 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $59,500 (+9.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$614 → $803 (+30.8%)	—

Carlisle

Population

660610

Median household income

$39,375$52,143

Median home value

$54,300$59,500

Median gross rent

$614$803

Fairbanks

Population

329324

Median household income

$96,563$87,273

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Fairbanks
Under 5	11.6%	9.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	32.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	42.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	22.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	0.0%
75 and over	5.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Fairbanks
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	79.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	20.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Fairbanks
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.0%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Fairbanks
Drove alone	84.1%	38.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	45.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	16.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Fairbanks
1-unit, detached	93.4%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Fairbanks
Poverty rate	17.3%	20.7%
Average household size	2.48	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1957	1993