Fairfield vs Madison

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

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

Madison has the higher population (2,552 vs 2,432 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($50,718 vs $43,095 in Madison). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($140,200 vs $70,800 in Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Madison
Population	2,432	2,552
Median age	34.9 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,718	$43,095
Median home value	$140,200	$70,800
Median gross rent	$947	$880
Housing units	1,279	1,375
Homeownership rate	56.2%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Madison
Population	3,027 → 2,432 (-19.7%)	2,433 → 2,552 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$23,718 → $50,718 (+113.8%)	$32,045 → $43,095 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $140,200 (+37.9%)	$76,700 → $70,800 (-7.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $947 (+40.3%)	$709 → $880 (+24.1%)

Fairfield

Population

3,0272,432

Median household income

$23,718$50,718

Median home value

$101,700$140,200

Median gross rent

$675$947

Madison

Population

2,4332,552

Median household income

$32,045$43,095

Median home value

$76,700$70,800

Median gross rent

$709$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Madison
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	12.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	18.3%
75 and over	3.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Madison
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	47.4%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Madison
Drove alone	77.9%	63.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	25.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Madison
1-unit, detached	57.5%	40.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.3%
20 or more units	9.8%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Madison
Poverty rate	24.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.19	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1938	1959