Fairbank vs Jesup

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

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

Jesup has the higher population (2,596 vs 1,509 in Fairbank). Fairbank has the higher median household income ($100,172 vs $89,297 in Jesup). Jesup has the higher median home value ($189,600 vs $173,200 in Fairbank).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbank	Jesup
Population	1,509	2,596
Median age	41.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,172	$89,297
Median home value	$173,200	$189,600
Median gross rent	$630	$937
Housing units	569	1,020
Homeownership rate	86.1%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbank	Jesup
Population	1,249 → 1,509 (+20.8%)	2,806 → 2,596 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $100,172 (+51.2%)	$72,500 → $89,297 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $173,200 (+23.8%)	$156,600 → $189,600 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $630 (-10.0%)	$595 → $937 (+57.5%)

Fairbank

Population

1,2491,509

Median household income

$66,250$100,172

Median home value

$139,900$173,200

Median gross rent

$700$630

Jesup

Population

2,8062,596

Median household income

$72,500$89,297

Median home value

$156,600$189,600

Median gross rent

$595$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbank	Jesup
Under 5	7.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.6%
75 and over	5.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbank	Jesup
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbank	Jesup
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	37.8%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbank	Jesup
Drove alone	83.6%	83.3%
Carpooled	1.7%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	7.4%
Other means	2.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbank	Jesup
1-unit, detached	85.2%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairbank	Jesup
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1971	1972