Fairfield vs Libertyville

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfield and Libertyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairfield has the higher population (9,438 vs 373 in Libertyville). Libertyville has the higher median household income ($74,107 vs $48,302 in Fairfield). Libertyville has the higher median home value ($177,700 vs $152,900 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Libertyville
Population	9,438	373
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,302	$74,107
Median home value	$152,900	$177,700
Median gross rent	$864	$930
Housing units	4,736	165
Homeownership rate	56.8%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Libertyville
Population	10,290 → 9,438 (-8.3%)	433 → 373 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$40,920 → $48,302 (+18.0%)	$51,719 → $74,107 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $152,900 (+33.9%)	$82,500 → $177,700 (+115.4%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $864 (+26.9%)	$796 → $930 (+16.8%)

Fairfield

Population

10,2909,438

Median household income

$40,920$48,302

Median home value

$114,200$152,900

Median gross rent

$681$864

Libertyville

Population

433373

Median household income

$51,719$74,107

Median home value

$82,500$177,700

Median gross rent

$796$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Libertyville
Under 5	3.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	13.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	5.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	20.4%
65 to 74	15.8%	12.1%
75 and over	9.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Libertyville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	90.3%
Black or African American	9.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Libertyville
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	18.2%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Libertyville
Drove alone	56.8%	84.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	7.9%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Libertyville
1-unit, detached	62.5%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Libertyville
Poverty rate	19.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1965	1972