Dugger vs Fairbanks

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

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

Dugger has the higher population (731 vs 324 in Fairbanks). Fairbanks has the higher median household income ($87,273 vs $58,585 in Dugger). Since 2019, Fairbanks's population has grown faster (-1.5% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dugger	Fairbanks
Population	731	324
Median age	42.4 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,585	$87,273
Median home value	$79,400	—
Median gross rent	$659	—
Housing units	397	84
Homeownership rate	73.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	29.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dugger	Fairbanks
Population	883 → 731 (-17.2%)	329 → 324 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$45,250 → $58,585 (+29.5%)	$96,563 → $87,273 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $79,400 (+22.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$731 → $659 (-9.8%)	—

Dugger

Population

883731

Median household income

$45,250$58,585

Median home value

$65,100$79,400

Median gross rent

$731$659

Fairbanks

Population

329324

Median household income

$96,563$87,273

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dugger	Fairbanks
Under 5	4.4%	9.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	32.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	42.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	23.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	0.0%
75 and over	8.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dugger	Fairbanks
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dugger	Fairbanks
No high school diploma	9.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dugger	Fairbanks
Drove alone	86.9%	38.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	45.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	16.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dugger	Fairbanks
1-unit, detached	68.3%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Dugger	Fairbanks
Poverty rate	7.5%	20.7%
Average household size	2.24	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1964	1993