Fairfield vs Maharishi Vedic City

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfield and Maharishi Vedic City: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairfield and Maharishi Vedic City 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 233 in Maharishi Vedic City). Maharishi Vedic City has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $48,302 in Fairfield). Maharishi Vedic City has the higher median home value ($328,600 vs $152,900 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Maharishi Vedic City
Population	9,438	233
Median age	40.5 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,302	$62,813
Median home value	$152,900	$328,600
Median gross rent	$864	$1,101
Housing units	4,736	166
Homeownership rate	56.8%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	79.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Maharishi Vedic City
Population	10,290 → 9,438 (-8.3%)	544 → 233 (-57.2%)
Median household income	$40,920 → $48,302 (+18.0%)	$42,321 → $62,813 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $152,900 (+33.9%)	$243,800 → $328,600 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $864 (+26.9%)	$930 → $1,101 (+18.4%)

Fairfield

Population

10,2909,438

Median household income

$40,920$48,302

Median home value

$114,200$152,900

Median gross rent

$681$864

Maharishi Vedic City

Population

544233

Median household income

$42,321$62,813

Median home value

$243,800$328,600

Median gross rent

$930$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Maharishi Vedic City
Under 5	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	3.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	18.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	0.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	5.2%
65 to 74	15.8%	54.1%
75 and over	9.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Maharishi Vedic City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	85.0%
Black or African American	9.3%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	2.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Maharishi Vedic City
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	18.2%	2.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	45.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	33.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Maharishi Vedic City
Drove alone	56.8%	52.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	5.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	42.1%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Maharishi Vedic City
1-unit, detached	62.5%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	49.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	9.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Maharishi Vedic City
Poverty rate	19.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.02	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1965	2001