Chaplin vs Fairfield

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

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

Chaplin has the higher population (583 vs 187 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($88,073 vs $80,250 in Chaplin). Since 2019, Fairfield's population has grown faster (+110.1% vs -3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Chaplin	Fairfield
Population	583	187
Median age	34.9 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,250	$88,073
Median home value	$167,400	—
Housing units	173	123
Homeownership rate	85.0%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaplin	Fairfield
Population	606 → 583 (-3.8%)	89 → 187 (+110.1%)
Median household income	$48,917 → $80,250 (+64.1%)	$75,839 → $88,073 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $167,400 (+59.9%)	$150,000 → $66,800 (-55.5%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $959 (+21.4%)	—

Chaplin

Population

606583

Median household income

$48,917$80,250

Median home value

$104,700$167,400

Median gross rent

$790$959

Fairfield

Population

89187

Median household income

$75,839$88,073

Median home value

$150,000$66,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chaplin	Fairfield
Under 5	3.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	25.4%	1.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	1.6%
45 to 54	21.4%	1.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	53.5%
65 to 74	2.1%	22.5%
75 and over	5.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaplin	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	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	0.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaplin	Fairfield
No high school diploma	9.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	56.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaplin	Fairfield
Drove alone	74.9%	86.8%
Carpooled	25.1%	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)

	Chaplin	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	56.9%

Poverty & households

	Chaplin	Fairfield
Poverty rate	14.4%	1.1%
Average household size	3.37	1.52
Mean commute (minutes)	40	37
Median year structure built	1968	1973