Center Point vs Fairfax

A side-by-side comparison of Center Point and Fairfax: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairfax has the higher population (2,865 vs 2,575 in Center Point). Fairfax has the higher median household income ($120,552 vs $92,500 in Center Point). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $215,800 in Center Point).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	Fairfax
Population	2,575	2,865
Median age	36.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,500	$120,552
Median home value	$215,800	$278,800
Median gross rent	$1,022	$1,188
Housing units	1,048	1,009
Homeownership rate	76.6%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	Fairfax
Population	2,543 → 2,575 (+1.3%)	2,680 → 2,865 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$80,577 → $92,500 (+14.8%)	$97,643 → $120,552 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$164,200 → $215,800 (+31.4%)	$221,400 → $278,800 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $1,022 (+40.2%)	$1,375 → $1,188 (-13.6%)

Center Point

Population

2,5432,575

Median household income

$80,577$92,500

Median home value

$164,200$215,800

Median gross rent

$729$1,022

Fairfax

Population

2,6802,865

Median household income

$97,643$120,552

Median home value

$221,400$278,800

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Point	Fairfax
Under 5	6.5%	10.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.0%
75 and over	4.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	Fairfax
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	Fairfax
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	28.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	Fairfax
Drove alone	73.1%	74.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	20.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	Fairfax
1-unit, detached	85.9%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	21.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	Fairfax
Poverty rate	4.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1977	2004