Fairfield vs Sutton

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

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

Sutton has the higher population (1,349 vs 339 in Fairfield). Sutton has the higher median household income ($80,714 vs $59,500 in Fairfield). Sutton has the higher median home value ($151,300 vs $122,500 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Sutton
Population	339	1,349
Median age	47.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,500	$80,714
Median home value	$122,500	$151,300
Median gross rent	$713	$863
Housing units	180	647
Homeownership rate	75.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Sutton
Population	374 → 339 (-9.4%)	1,503 → 1,349 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $59,500 (+48.8%)	$60,625 → $80,714 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $122,500 (+58.1%)	$105,400 → $151,300 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $713 (+15.2%)	$701 → $863 (+23.1%)

Fairfield

Population

374339

Median household income

$40,000$59,500

Median home value

$77,500$122,500

Median gross rent

$619$713

Sutton

Population

1,5031,349

Median household income

$60,625$80,714

Median home value

$105,400$151,300

Median gross rent

$701$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Sutton
Under 5	7.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	18.0%	11.3%
75 and over	10.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Sutton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Sutton
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Sutton
Drove alone	69.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	17.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Sutton
1-unit, detached	91.1%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Sutton
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1958	1965