Fairfield vs Skowhegan

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

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

Skowhegan has the higher population (6,638 vs 2,432 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($50,718 vs $46,625 in Skowhegan). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($140,200 vs $138,600 in Skowhegan).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Skowhegan
Population	2,432	6,638
Median age	34.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,718	$46,625
Median home value	$140,200	$138,600
Median gross rent	$947	$856
Housing units	1,279	3,310
Homeownership rate	56.2%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Skowhegan
Population	3,027 → 2,432 (-19.7%)	6,313 → 6,638 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$23,718 → $50,718 (+113.8%)	$42,099 → $46,625 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $140,200 (+37.9%)	$101,200 → $138,600 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $947 (+40.3%)	$803 → $856 (+6.6%)

Fairfield

Population

3,0272,432

Median household income

$23,718$50,718

Median home value

$101,700$140,200

Median gross rent

$675$947

Skowhegan

Population

6,3136,638

Median household income

$42,099$46,625

Median home value

$101,200$138,600

Median gross rent

$803$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Skowhegan
Under 5	5.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.8%
75 and over	3.1%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Skowhegan
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Skowhegan
No high school diploma	2.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	47.4%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Skowhegan
Drove alone	77.9%	68.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Skowhegan
1-unit, detached	57.5%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	10.5%
20 or more units	9.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Skowhegan
Poverty rate	24.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1938	1964