Fairbanks vs Hymera

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

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

Hymera has the higher population (835 vs 324 in Fairbanks). Fairbanks has the higher median household income ($87,273 vs $46,122 in Hymera). Since 2019, Hymera's population has grown faster (+7.6% vs -1.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbanks	Hymera
Population	324	835
Median age	26.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,273	$46,122
Median home value	—	$79,300
Median gross rent	—	$890
Housing units	84	384
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	29.4%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbanks	Hymera
Population	329 → 324 (-1.5%)	776 → 835 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$96,563 → $87,273 (-9.6%)	$40,125 → $46,122 (+14.9%)
Median home value	—	$57,200 → $79,300 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$709 → $890 (+25.5%)

Fairbanks

Population

329324

Median household income

$96,563$87,273

Hymera

Population

776835

Median household income

$40,125$46,122

Median home value

$57,200$79,300

Median gross rent

$709$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbanks	Hymera
Under 5	9.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	32.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	42.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	18.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.5%
75 and over	0.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbanks	Hymera
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	97.4%
Black or African American	20.7%	0.0%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbanks	Hymera
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.8%
High school graduate	58.5%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbanks	Hymera
Drove alone	38.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	45.3%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	16.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbanks	Hymera
1-unit, detached	73.8%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairbanks	Hymera
Poverty rate	20.7%	12.8%
Average household size	3.86	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1993	1955