Fairfield vs Pendroy

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

Fairfield and Pendroy 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 13 in Pendroy). Pendroy has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $66,544 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $67,500 in Pendroy).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Pendroy
Population	746	13
Median age	31.3 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,544	$76,875
Median home value	$203,000	$67,500
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	355	16
Homeownership rate	60.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Pendroy
Population	607 → 746 (+22.9%)	9 → 13 (+44.4%)
Median household income	$57,303 → $66,544 (+16.1%)	$2,499 → $76,875 (+2976.2%)
Median home value	$145,100 → $203,000 (+39.9%)	$55,800 → $67,500 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $683 (+3.5%)	—

Fairfield

Population

607746

Median household income

$57,303$66,544

Median home value

$145,100$203,000

Median gross rent

$660$683

Pendroy

Population

913

Median household income

$2,499$76,875

Median home value

$55,800$67,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Pendroy
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.2%	23.1%
55 to 64	3.1%	38.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	23.1%
75 and over	3.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Pendroy
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Pendroy
No high school diploma	6.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	81.8%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	9.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Pendroy
Drove alone	77.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Pendroy
1-unit, detached	73.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Pendroy
Poverty rate	5.7%	46.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1966	1950