Fairfield vs Hartland

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

Fairfield and Hartland 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 572 in Hartland). Hartland has the higher median household income ($61,917 vs $50,718 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($140,200 vs $115,400 in Hartland).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Hartland
Population	2,432	572
Median age	34.9 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,718	$61,917
Median home value	$140,200	$115,400
Median gross rent	$947	$884
Housing units	1,279	265
Homeownership rate	56.2%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Hartland
Population	3,027 → 2,432 (-19.7%)	666 → 572 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$23,718 → $50,718 (+113.8%)	$31,406 → $61,917 (+97.2%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $140,200 (+37.9%)	$78,100 → $115,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $947 (+40.3%)	$709 → $884 (+24.7%)

Fairfield

Population

3,0272,432

Median household income

$23,718$50,718

Median home value

$101,700$140,200

Median gross rent

$675$947

Hartland

Population

666572

Median household income

$31,406$61,917

Median home value

$78,100$115,400

Median gross rent

$709$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Hartland
Under 5	5.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	12.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.4%
75 and over	3.1%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Hartland
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Hartland
No high school diploma	2.9%	15.9%
High school graduate	47.4%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Hartland
Drove alone	77.9%	90.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Hartland
1-unit, detached	57.5%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	27.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Hartland
Poverty rate	24.4%	20.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1938	1944