Fairfield vs Power

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

Fairfield and Power 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 194 in Power). Power has the higher median household income ($73,929 vs $66,544 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $156,700 in Power).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Power
Population	746	194
Median age	31.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,544	$73,929
Median home value	$203,000	$156,700
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	355	91
Homeownership rate	60.7%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Power
Population	607 → 746 (+22.9%)	177 → 194 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$57,303 → $66,544 (+16.1%)	$48,125 → $73,929 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$145,100 → $203,000 (+39.9%)	$122,500 → $156,700 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $683 (+3.5%)	$835 → $485 (-41.9%)

Fairfield

Population

607746

Median household income

$57,303$66,544

Median home value

$145,100$203,000

Median gross rent

$660$683

Power

Population

177194

Median household income

$48,125$73,929

Median home value

$122,500$156,700

Median gross rent

$835$485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Power
Under 5	4.4%	9.8%
5 to 17	23.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	17.2%	6.7%
55 to 64	3.1%	17.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	13.9%
75 and over	3.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Power
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	11.9%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Power
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Power
Drove alone	77.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	0.5%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	10.2%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Power
1-unit, detached	73.8%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
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%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Power
Poverty rate	5.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1966	1973