Fairfax vs Lisbon

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

Fairfax and Lisbon 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 1,782 in Lisbon). Fairfax has the higher median household income ($120,552 vs $83,125 in Lisbon). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $202,600 in Lisbon).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Lisbon
Population	2,865	1,782
Median age	37.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$120,552	$83,125
Median home value	$278,800	$202,600
Median gross rent	$1,188	$792
Housing units	1,009	824
Homeownership rate	93.2%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Lisbon
Population	2,680 → 2,865 (+6.9%)	2,493 → 1,782 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$97,643 → $120,552 (+23.5%)	$73,194 → $83,125 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$221,400 → $278,800 (+25.9%)	$154,600 → $202,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,188 (-13.6%)	$707 → $792 (+12.0%)

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

Lisbon

Population

2,4931,782

Median household income

$73,194$83,125

Median home value

$154,600$202,600

Median gross rent

$707$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Lisbon
Under 5	10.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.8%
75 and over	3.7%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Lisbon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	98.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Lisbon
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	24.4%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Lisbon
Drove alone	74.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.8%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Lisbon
1-unit, detached	72.1%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	21.3%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Lisbon
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	2004	1977