Fairport vs Moscow

A side-by-side comparison of Fairport and Moscow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moscow has the higher population (494 vs 200 in Fairport). Fairport has the higher median home value ($219,700 vs $216,200 in Moscow). Since 2019, Moscow's population has grown faster (+110.2% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairport	Moscow
Population	200	494
Median age	70.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$120,489
Median home value	$219,700	$216,200
Housing units	163	225
Homeownership rate	91.9%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairport	Moscow
Population	268 → 200 (-25.4%)	235 → 494 (+110.2%)
Median household income	—	$43,617 → $120,489 (+176.2%)
Median home value	$192,900 → $219,700 (+13.9%)	$110,900 → $216,200 (+95.0%)

Fairport

Population

268200

Median home value

$192,900$219,700

Moscow

Population

235494

Median household income

$43,617$120,489

Median home value

$110,900$216,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairport	Moscow
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	26.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	30.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	7.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	23.5%	2.6%
75 and over	41.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairport	Moscow
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairport	Moscow
No high school diploma	19.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	50.6%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairport	Moscow
Drove alone	100.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairport	Moscow
1-unit, detached	65.0%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	35.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairport	Moscow
Poverty rate	35.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1981	1949