Fairfax vs Tarkio

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

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

Tarkio has the higher population (1,478 vs 685 in Fairfax). Tarkio has the higher median household income ($60,250 vs $54,107 in Fairfax). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($91,500 vs $86,900 in Tarkio).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Tarkio
Population	685	1,478
Median age	48.7 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,107	$60,250
Median home value	$91,500	$86,900
Median gross rent	$560	$608
Housing units	369	778
Homeownership rate	67.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Tarkio
Population	673 → 685 (+1.8%)	1,508 → 1,478 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $54,107 (+41.9%)	$46,833 → $60,250 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $91,500 (+38.2%)	$71,300 → $86,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $560 (+16.2%)	$588 → $608 (+3.4%)

Fairfax

Population

673685

Median household income

$38,125$54,107

Median home value

$66,200$91,500

Median gross rent

$482$560

Tarkio

Population

1,5081,478

Median household income

$46,833$60,250

Median home value

$71,300$86,900

Median gross rent

$588$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Tarkio
Under 5	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	12.3%
75 and over	10.5%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Tarkio
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Tarkio
No high school diploma	10.7%	10.1%
High school graduate	51.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Tarkio
Drove alone	83.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.8%
Public transit	4.7%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.6%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Tarkio
1-unit, detached	85.6%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Tarkio
Poverty rate	16.1%	14.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1957	1955