Fairfax vs Sacred Heart

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfax and Sacred Heart: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairfax and Sacred Heart 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 522 in Sacred Heart). Sacred Heart has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $53,750 in Fairfax). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $57,600 in Sacred Heart).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Sacred Heart
Population	1,134	522
Median age	37.9 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$63,125
Median home value	$99,800	$57,600
Median gross rent	$410	$650
Housing units	448	281
Homeownership rate	81.9%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Sacred Heart
Population	1,149 → 1,134 (-1.3%)	608 → 522 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$57,528 → $53,750 (-6.6%)	$47,375 → $63,125 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $99,800 (+27.3%)	$47,400 → $57,600 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $410 (-12.8%)	$652 → $650 (-0.3%)

Fairfax

Population

1,1491,134

Median household income

$57,528$53,750

Median home value

$78,400$99,800

Median gross rent

$470$410

Sacred Heart

Population

608522

Median household income

$47,375$63,125

Median home value

$47,400$57,600

Median gross rent

$652$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Sacred Heart
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	22.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	6.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	23.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.8%
75 and over	13.8%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Sacred Heart
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Sacred Heart
No high school diploma	17.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	40.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Sacred Heart
Drove alone	71.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Sacred Heart
1-unit, detached	90.8%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	11.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Sacred Heart
Poverty rate	14.8%	20.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1949	1952