Fairfield vs Pittsfield

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

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

Pittsfield has the higher population (3,078 vs 2,432 in Fairfield). Pittsfield has the higher median household income ($57,292 vs $50,718 in Fairfield). Pittsfield has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $140,200 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Pittsfield
Population	2,432	3,078
Median age	34.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,718	$57,292
Median home value	$140,200	$151,100
Median gross rent	$947	$851
Housing units	1,279	1,297
Homeownership rate	56.2%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Pittsfield
Population	3,027 → 2,432 (-19.7%)	2,958 → 3,078 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$23,718 → $50,718 (+113.8%)	$41,544 → $57,292 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $140,200 (+37.9%)	$127,200 → $151,100 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $947 (+40.3%)	$347 → $851 (+145.2%)

Fairfield

Population

3,0272,432

Median household income

$23,718$50,718

Median home value

$101,700$140,200

Median gross rent

$675$947

Pittsfield

Population

2,9583,078

Median household income

$41,544$57,292

Median home value

$127,200$151,100

Median gross rent

$347$851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Pittsfield
Under 5	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.9%
75 and over	3.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
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%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	2.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	47.4%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Pittsfield
Drove alone	77.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	12.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	57.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.8%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	24.4%	22.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1938	1949