Fairfield vs Lockridge

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

Fairfield and Lockridge 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 383 in Lockridge). Lockridge has the higher median household income ($93,929 vs $48,302 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $79,700 in Lockridge).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Lockridge
Population	9,438	383
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,302	$93,929
Median home value	$152,900	$79,700
Median gross rent	$864	$1,102
Housing units	4,736	183
Homeownership rate	56.8%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Lockridge
Population	10,290 → 9,438 (-8.3%)	442 → 383 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$40,920 → $48,302 (+18.0%)	$47,500 → $93,929 (+97.7%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $152,900 (+33.9%)	$60,000 → $79,700 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $864 (+26.9%)	$672 → $1,102 (+64.0%)

Fairfield

Population

10,2909,438

Median household income

$40,920$48,302

Median home value

$114,200$152,900

Median gross rent

$681$864

Lockridge

Population

442383

Median household income

$47,500$93,929

Median home value

$60,000$79,700

Median gross rent

$672$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Lockridge
Under 5	3.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	15.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	30.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	8.6%
75 and over	9.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Lockridge
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	76.5%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Lockridge
No high school diploma	2.4%	25.4%
High school graduate	18.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Lockridge
Drove alone	56.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	4.3%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Lockridge
1-unit, detached	62.5%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Lockridge
Poverty rate	19.2%	2.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	12	35
Median year structure built	1965	1979