Bloomfield vs Fairfield

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

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

Bloomfield has the higher population (1,053 vs 187 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($88,073 vs $52,679 in Bloomfield). Since 2019, Fairfield's population has grown faster (+110.1% vs +30.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Fairfield
Population	1,053	187
Median age	50.4 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,679	$88,073
Median home value	$180,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,021	—
Housing units	552	123
Homeownership rate	84.0%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Fairfield
Population	808 → 1,053 (+30.3%)	89 → 187 (+110.1%)
Median household income	$33,854 → $52,679 (+55.6%)	$75,839 → $88,073 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $180,000 (+69.8%)	$150,000 → $66,800 (-55.5%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $1,021 (+37.2%)	—

Bloomfield

Population

8081,053

Median household income

$33,854$52,679

Median home value

$106,000$180,000

Median gross rent

$744$1,021

Fairfield

Population

89187

Median household income

$75,839$88,073

Median home value

$150,000$66,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomfield	Fairfield
Under 5	5.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	1.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	1.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	1.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	53.5%
65 to 74	18.5%	22.5%
75 and over	10.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	98.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	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	3.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Fairfield
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	30.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Fairfield
Drove alone	81.8%	86.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	86.2%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	56.9%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Fairfield
Poverty rate	11.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.10	1.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1974	1973