Fairfield vs Norridgewock

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

Fairfield and Norridgewock 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 1,155 in Norridgewock). Norridgewock has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $140,200 in Fairfield). Since 2019, Norridgewock's population has grown faster (-19.1% vs -19.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Norridgewock
Population	2,432	1,155
Median age	34.9 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,718	—
Median home value	$140,200	$173,000
Median gross rent	$947	$968
Housing units	1,279	673
Homeownership rate	56.2%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Norridgewock
Population	3,027 → 2,432 (-19.7%)	1,428 → 1,155 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$23,718 → $50,718 (+113.8%)	$45,948 → $41,944 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $140,200 (+37.9%)	$136,900 → $173,000 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $947 (+40.3%)	$800 → $968 (+21.0%)

Fairfield

Population

3,0272,432

Median household income

$23,718$50,718

Median home value

$101,700$140,200

Median gross rent

$675$947

Norridgewock

Population

1,4281,155

Median household income

$45,948$41,944

Median home value

$136,900$173,000

Median gross rent

$800$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Norridgewock
Under 5	5.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	3.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	4.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	23.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.3%
75 and over	3.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Norridgewock
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	99.6%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Norridgewock
No high school diploma	2.9%	12.8%
High school graduate	47.4%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Norridgewock
Drove alone	77.9%	74.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Norridgewock
1-unit, detached	57.5%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	31.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Norridgewock
Poverty rate	24.4%	24.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1938	1980