Fairport vs Nichols

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

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

Nichols has the higher population (393 vs 200 in Fairport). Fairport has the higher median home value ($219,700 vs $119,800 in Nichols). Since 2019, Nichols's population has grown faster (+5.1% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairport	Nichols
Population	200	393
Median age	70.4 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$87,500
Median home value	$219,700	$119,800
Median gross rent	—	$638
Housing units	163	201
Homeownership rate	91.9%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairport	Nichols
Population	268 → 200 (-25.4%)	374 → 393 (+5.1%)
Median household income	—	$61,875 → $87,500 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$192,900 → $219,700 (+13.9%)	$96,300 → $119,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $638 (-24.9%)

Fairport

Population

268200

Median home value

$192,900$219,700

Nichols

Population

374393

Median household income

$61,875$87,500

Median home value

$96,300$119,800

Median gross rent

$850$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairport	Nichols
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	7.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	23.5%	12.2%
75 and over	41.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairport	Nichols
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	71.2%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	27.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairport	Nichols
No high school diploma	19.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	50.6%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairport	Nichols
Drove alone	100.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairport	Nichols
1-unit, detached	65.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	35.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairport	Nichols
Poverty rate	35.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1981	1938