Fairfield vs Harvard

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

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

Harvard has the higher population (1,001 vs 339 in Fairfield). Harvard has the higher median household income ($67,813 vs $59,500 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $98,400 in Harvard).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Harvard
Population	339	1,001
Median age	47.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,500	$67,813
Median home value	$122,500	$98,400
Median gross rent	$713	$720
Housing units	180	465
Homeownership rate	75.0%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Harvard
Population	374 → 339 (-9.4%)	1,086 → 1,001 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $59,500 (+48.8%)	$58,750 → $67,813 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $122,500 (+58.1%)	$75,800 → $98,400 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $713 (+15.2%)	$604 → $720 (+19.2%)

Fairfield

Population

374339

Median household income

$40,000$59,500

Median home value

$77,500$122,500

Median gross rent

$619$713

Harvard

Population

1,0861,001

Median household income

$58,750$67,813

Median home value

$75,800$98,400

Median gross rent

$604$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Harvard
Under 5	7.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	18.0%	13.2%
75 and over	10.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Harvard
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	30.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Harvard
No high school diploma	3.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	35.3%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Harvard
Drove alone	69.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	17.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Harvard
1-unit, detached	91.1%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Harvard
Poverty rate	10.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1958	1958