Fancy Farm vs Mayfield

A side-by-side comparison of Fancy Farm and Mayfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Fancy Farm and Mayfield are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mayfield has the higher population (9,905 vs 323 in Fancy Farm). Fancy Farm has the higher median household income ($57,536 vs $41,458 in Mayfield). Mayfield has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $110,600 in Fancy Farm).

Population, income & housing

	Fancy Farm	Mayfield
Population	323	9,905
Median age	51.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,536	$41,458
Median home value	$110,600	$114,400
Median gross rent	$497	$598
Housing units	159	5,059
Homeownership rate	66.0%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fancy Farm	Mayfield
Population	588 → 323 (-45.1%)	9,867 → 9,905 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$61,354 → $57,536 (-6.2%)	$32,289 → $41,458 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $110,600 (+0.7%)	$100,200 → $114,400 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$441 → $497 (+12.7%)	$624 → $598 (-4.2%)

Fancy Farm

Population

588323

Median household income

$61,354$57,536

Median home value

$109,800$110,600

Median gross rent

$441$497

Mayfield

Population

9,8679,905

Median household income

$32,289$41,458

Median home value

$100,200$114,400

Median gross rent

$624$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fancy Farm	Mayfield
Under 5	2.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	9.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	20.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	8.9%
75 and over	18.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fancy Farm	Mayfield
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	67.8%
Black or African American	10.8%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fancy Farm	Mayfield
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	57.7%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fancy Farm	Mayfield
Drove alone	100.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fancy Farm	Mayfield
1-unit, detached	52.8%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Fancy Farm	Mayfield
Poverty rate	26.0%	30.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	33	16
Median year structure built	1975	1970