Fairfield vs Packwood

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

Fairfield and Packwood 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 484 in Packwood). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($48,302 vs $43,750 in Packwood). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $79,100 in Packwood).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Packwood
Population	9,438	484
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,302	$43,750
Median home value	$152,900	$79,100
Median gross rent	$864	$750
Housing units	4,736	154
Homeownership rate	56.8%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Packwood
Population	10,290 → 9,438 (-8.3%)	286 → 484 (+69.2%)
Median household income	$40,920 → $48,302 (+18.0%)	$53,958 → $43,750 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $152,900 (+33.9%)	$84,200 → $79,100 (-6.1%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $864 (+26.9%)	$383 → $750 (+95.8%)

Fairfield

Population

10,2909,438

Median household income

$40,920$48,302

Median home value

$114,200$152,900

Median gross rent

$681$864

Packwood

Population

286484

Median household income

$53,958$43,750

Median home value

$84,200$79,100

Median gross rent

$383$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Packwood
Under 5	3.6%	16.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	1.7%
25 to 34	18.2%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	18.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	15.8%	11.0%
75 and over	9.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Packwood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	98.1%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Packwood
No high school diploma	2.4%	19.0%
High school graduate	18.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Packwood
Drove alone	56.8%	91.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	5.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Packwood
1-unit, detached	62.5%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Packwood
Poverty rate	19.2%	1.0%
Average household size	2.02	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	12	20
Median year structure built	1965	1963