Dutton vs Fairfield

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (746 vs 258 in Dutton). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($66,544 vs $55,469 in Dutton). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $129,500 in Dutton).

Population, income & housing

	Dutton	Fairfield
Population	258	746
Median age	51.9 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,469	$66,544
Median home value	$129,500	$203,000
Median gross rent	$788	$683
Housing units	171	355
Homeownership rate	72.7%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dutton	Fairfield
Population	270 → 258 (-4.4%)	607 → 746 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $55,469 (+32.5%)	$57,303 → $66,544 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$71,000 → $129,500 (+82.4%)	$145,100 → $203,000 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $788 (+29.2%)	$660 → $683 (+3.5%)

Dutton

Population

270258

Median household income

$41,875$55,469

Median home value

$71,000$129,500

Median gross rent

$610$788

Fairfield

Population

607746

Median household income

$57,303$66,544

Median home value

$145,100$203,000

Median gross rent

$660$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dutton	Fairfield
Under 5	6.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.9%
35 to 44	1.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	3.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.2%
75 and over	20.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dutton	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.3%	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	12.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dutton	Fairfield
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	18.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	55.3%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dutton	Fairfield
Drove alone	80.8%	77.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	5.8%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dutton	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	81.3%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Dutton	Fairfield
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.7%
Average household size	1.86	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1951	1966