Boston vs Fairfield

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (187 vs 154 in Boston). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($88,073 vs $60,486 in Boston). Since 2019, Fairfield's population has grown faster (+110.1% vs +17.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Fairfield
Population	154	187
Median age	40.4 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,486	$88,073
Median home value	$180,400	—
Housing units	88	123
Homeownership rate	75.3%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Fairfield
Population	131 → 154 (+17.6%)	89 → 187 (+110.1%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $60,486 (-23.2%)	$75,839 → $88,073 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$165,000 → $180,400 (+9.3%)	$150,000 → $66,800 (-55.5%)

Boston

Population

131154

Median household income

$78,750$60,486

Median home value

$165,000$180,400

Fairfield

Population

89187

Median household income

$75,839$88,073

Median home value

$150,000$66,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Fairfield
Under 5	2.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	1.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	24.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	20.1%	1.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	1.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	53.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	22.5%
75 and over	0.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.4%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Fairfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	77.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Fairfield
Drove alone	100.0%	86.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	71.6%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	56.9%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Fairfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.11	1.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1989	1973