Fairfield vs New Hope

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

Fairfield and New Hope 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 39 in New Hope). Since 2019, Fairfield's population has grown faster (+110.1% vs -62.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	New Hope
Population	187	39
Median age	59.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,073	—
Housing units	123	20
Homeownership rate	89.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	100.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	New Hope
Population	89 → 187 (+110.1%)	103 → 39 (-62.1%)
Median household income	$75,839 → $88,073 (+16.1%)	$34,881 → $33,804 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $66,800 (-55.5%)	—

Fairfield

Population

89187

Median household income

$75,839$88,073

Median home value

$150,000$66,800

New Hope

Population

10339

Median household income

$34,881$33,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	New Hope
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.1%	48.7%
18 to 24	3.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	1.6%	51.3%
45 to 54	1.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	53.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	22.5%	0.0%
75 and over	6.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	New Hope
No high school diploma	3.4%	55.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	57.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	New Hope
Drove alone	86.8%	—
Carpooled	11.3%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	1.9%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	New Hope
1-unit, detached	41.5%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	56.9%	100.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	New Hope
Poverty rate	1.1%	100.0%
Average household size	1.52	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	37	—
Median year structure built	1973	—