Bird Island vs Fairfax

A side-by-side comparison of Bird Island and Fairfax: population, income, housing, and more.

Bird Island and Fairfax are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairfax has the higher population (1,134 vs 964 in Bird Island). Bird Island has the higher median household income ($71,190 vs $53,750 in Fairfax). Bird Island has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $99,800 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Bird Island	Fairfax
Population	964	1,134
Median age	49.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,190	$53,750
Median home value	$114,600	$99,800
Median gross rent	$617	$410
Housing units	496	448
Homeownership rate	81.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bird Island	Fairfax
Population	858 → 964 (+12.4%)	1,149 → 1,134 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$53,021 → $71,190 (+34.3%)	$57,528 → $53,750 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $114,600 (+47.7%)	$78,400 → $99,800 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $617 (+15.5%)	$470 → $410 (-12.8%)

Bird Island

Population

858964

Median household income

$53,021$71,190

Median home value

$77,600$114,600

Median gross rent

$534$617

Fairfax

Population

1,1491,134

Median household income

$57,528$53,750

Median home value

$78,400$99,800

Median gross rent

$470$410

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bird Island	Fairfax
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	22.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	6.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	8.1%
75 and over	9.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bird Island	Fairfax
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	71.3%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bird Island	Fairfax
No high school diploma	3.4%	17.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bird Island	Fairfax
Drove alone	90.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	13.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bird Island	Fairfax
1-unit, detached	80.2%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bird Island	Fairfax
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.8%
Average household size	2.13	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1958	1949