Bardstown vs Fairfield

A side-by-side comparison of Bardstown and Fairfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bardstown has the higher population (13,673 vs 187 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($88,073 vs $49,781 in Bardstown). Since 2019, Fairfield's population has grown faster (+110.1% vs +4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bardstown	Fairfield
Population	13,673	187
Median age	39.2 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,781	$88,073
Median home value	$190,800	—
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	6,059	123
Homeownership rate	58.6%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bardstown	Fairfield
Population	13,094 → 13,673 (+4.4%)	89 → 187 (+110.1%)
Median household income	$54,328 → $49,781 (-8.4%)	$75,839 → $88,073 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $190,800 (+54.5%)	$150,000 → $66,800 (-55.5%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $917 (+35.7%)	—

Bardstown

Population

13,09413,673

Median household income

$54,328$49,781

Median home value

$123,500$190,800

Median gross rent

$676$917

Fairfield

Population

89187

Median household income

$75,839$88,073

Median home value

$150,000$66,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bardstown	Fairfield
Under 5	7.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	1.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	1.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	1.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	53.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	22.5%
75 and over	6.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bardstown	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	98.4%
Black or African American	13.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bardstown	Fairfield
No high school diploma	11.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bardstown	Fairfield
Drove alone	81.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	1.9%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bardstown	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	70.4%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	56.9%

Poverty & households

	Bardstown	Fairfield
Poverty rate	11.1%	1.1%
Average household size	2.29	1.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	37
Median year structure built	1982	1973