Fairbank vs Hazleton

A side-by-side comparison of Fairbank and Hazleton: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairbank and Hazleton are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairbank has the higher population (1,509 vs 698 in Hazleton). Fairbank has the higher median household income ($100,172 vs $53,542 in Hazleton). Fairbank has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $80,100 in Hazleton).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbank	Hazleton
Population	1,509	698
Median age	41.2 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,172	$53,542
Median home value	$173,200	$80,100
Median gross rent	$630	$827
Housing units	569	382
Homeownership rate	86.1%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbank	Hazleton
Population	1,249 → 1,509 (+20.8%)	775 → 698 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $100,172 (+51.2%)	$45,250 → $53,542 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $173,200 (+23.8%)	$82,000 → $80,100 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $630 (-10.0%)	$567 → $827 (+45.9%)

Fairbank

Population

1,2491,509

Median household income

$66,250$100,172

Median home value

$139,900$173,200

Median gross rent

$700$630

Hazleton

Population

775698

Median household income

$45,250$53,542

Median home value

$82,000$80,100

Median gross rent

$567$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbank	Hazleton
Under 5	7.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.5%
75 and over	5.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbank	Hazleton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbank	Hazleton
No high school diploma	6.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbank	Hazleton
Drove alone	83.6%	74.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	3.0%
Other means	2.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbank	Hazleton
1-unit, detached	85.2%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairbank	Hazleton
Poverty rate	2.5%	18.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1971	1975