Fairfax vs Robins

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

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

Robins has the higher population (3,349 vs 2,865 in Fairfax). Robins has the higher median household income ($122,500 vs $120,552 in Fairfax). Robins has the higher median home value ($370,500 vs $278,800 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Robins
Population	2,865	3,349
Median age	37.1 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$120,552	$122,500
Median home value	$278,800	$370,500
Median gross rent	$1,188	$955
Housing units	1,009	1,188
Homeownership rate	93.2%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Robins
Population	2,680 → 2,865 (+6.9%)	3,457 → 3,349 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$97,643 → $120,552 (+23.5%)	$131,078 → $122,500 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$221,400 → $278,800 (+25.9%)	$295,200 → $370,500 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,188 (-13.6%)	$1,545 → $955 (-38.2%)

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

Robins

Population

3,4573,349

Median household income

$131,078$122,500

Median home value

$295,200$370,500

Median gross rent

$1,545$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Robins
Under 5	10.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	24.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	2.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	18.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	19.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.0%
75 and over	3.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Robins
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	95.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Robins
No high school diploma	2.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Robins
Drove alone	74.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Robins
1-unit, detached	72.1%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	21.3%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Robins
Poverty rate	5.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	2004	2002