Bingham vs Fairfield

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (2,432 vs 613 in Bingham). Bingham has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $50,718 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($140,200 vs $108,900 in Bingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bingham	Fairfield
Population	613	2,432
Median age	46.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$50,718
Median home value	$108,900	$140,200
Median gross rent	$367	$947
Housing units	398	1,279
Homeownership rate	83.1%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingham	Fairfield
Population	784 → 613 (-21.8%)	3,027 → 2,432 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$33,306 → $53,750 (+61.4%)	$23,718 → $50,718 (+113.8%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $108,900 (+46.6%)	$101,700 → $140,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $367 (-39.8%)	$675 → $947 (+40.3%)

Bingham

Population

784613

Median household income

$33,306$53,750

Median home value

$74,300$108,900

Median gross rent

$610$367

Fairfield

Population

3,0272,432

Median household income

$23,718$50,718

Median home value

$101,700$140,200

Median gross rent

$675$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bingham	Fairfield
Under 5	5.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.8%	12.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	4.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	18.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	7.9%
75 and over	10.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingham	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingham	Fairfield
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	39.8%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingham	Fairfield
Drove alone	78.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	19.4%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingham	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	74.1%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Bingham	Fairfield
Poverty rate	14.7%	24.4%
Average household size	2.03	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	38	18
Median year structure built	1947	1938