Fairbank vs Quasqueton

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

Fairbank and Quasqueton 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 749 in Quasqueton). Fairbank has the higher median household income ($100,172 vs $64,531 in Quasqueton). Fairbank has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $128,100 in Quasqueton).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbank	Quasqueton
Population	1,509	749
Median age	41.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,172	$64,531
Median home value	$173,200	$128,100
Median gross rent	$630	$742
Housing units	569	361
Homeownership rate	86.1%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbank	Quasqueton
Population	1,249 → 1,509 (+20.8%)	578 → 749 (+29.6%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $100,172 (+51.2%)	$63,750 → $64,531 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $173,200 (+23.8%)	$95,200 → $128,100 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $630 (-10.0%)	$645 → $742 (+15.0%)

Fairbank

Population

1,2491,509

Median household income

$66,250$100,172

Median home value

$139,900$173,200

Median gross rent

$700$630

Quasqueton

Population

578749

Median household income

$63,750$64,531

Median home value

$95,200$128,100

Median gross rent

$645$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbank	Quasqueton
Under 5	7.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	6.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.1%
75 and over	5.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbank	Quasqueton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbank	Quasqueton
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbank	Quasqueton
Drove alone	83.6%	90.3%
Carpooled	1.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	5.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbank	Quasqueton
1-unit, detached	85.2%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairbank	Quasqueton
Poverty rate	2.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1971	1974