Fairbanks vs Farmersburg

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

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

Farmersburg has the higher population (1,083 vs 324 in Fairbanks). Fairbanks has the higher median household income ($87,273 vs $51,667 in Farmersburg). Since 2019, Fairbanks's population has grown faster (-1.5% vs -8.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbanks	Farmersburg
Population	324	1,083
Median age	26.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,273	$51,667
Median home value	—	$73,200
Median gross rent	—	$682
Housing units	84	497
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	29.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbanks	Farmersburg
Population	329 → 324 (-1.5%)	1,180 → 1,083 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$96,563 → $87,273 (-9.6%)	$41,042 → $51,667 (+25.9%)
Median home value	—	$79,400 → $73,200 (-7.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $682 (+11.3%)

Fairbanks

Population

329324

Median household income

$96,563$87,273

Farmersburg

Population

1,1801,083

Median household income

$41,042$51,667

Median home value

$79,400$73,200

Median gross rent

$613$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbanks	Farmersburg
Under 5	9.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	32.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	42.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	20.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.9%
75 and over	0.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbanks	Farmersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	98.2%
Black or African American	20.7%	0.6%
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	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbanks	Farmersburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	17.5%
High school graduate	58.5%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbanks	Farmersburg
Drove alone	38.5%	84.9%
Carpooled	45.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	16.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbanks	Farmersburg
1-unit, detached	73.8%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairbanks	Farmersburg
Poverty rate	20.7%	10.5%
Average household size	3.86	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1993	1967