Edgar vs Fairfield

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

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

Edgar has the higher population (591 vs 339 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($59,500 vs $50,938 in Edgar). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $83,400 in Edgar).

Population, income & housing

	Edgar	Fairfield
Population	591	339
Median age	37.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,938	$59,500
Median home value	$83,400	$122,500
Median gross rent	$571	$713
Housing units	271	180
Homeownership rate	71.5%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgar	Fairfield
Population	456 → 591 (+29.6%)	374 → 339 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $50,938 (+38.9%)	$40,000 → $59,500 (+48.8%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $83,400 (+22.3%)	$77,500 → $122,500 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $571 (-2.1%)	$619 → $713 (+15.2%)

Edgar

Population

456591

Median household income

$36,667$50,938

Median home value

$68,200$83,400

Median gross rent

$583$571

Fairfield

Population

374339

Median household income

$40,000$59,500

Median home value

$77,500$122,500

Median gross rent

$619$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgar	Fairfield
Under 5	5.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	6.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	18.0%
75 and over	10.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgar	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgar	Fairfield
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgar	Fairfield
Drove alone	89.7%	69.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgar	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	90.4%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Edgar	Fairfield
Poverty rate	14.7%	10.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1944	1958