Fairbury vs Jansen

A side-by-side comparison of Fairbury and Jansen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairbury has the higher population (3,905 vs 86 in Jansen). Jansen has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $51,782 in Fairbury). Fairbury has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $70,000 in Jansen).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbury	Jansen
Population	3,905	86
Median age	42.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,782	$53,750
Median home value	$90,800	$70,000
Median gross rent	$666	—
Housing units	2,050	53
Homeownership rate	63.3%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbury	Jansen
Population	3,686 → 3,905 (+5.9%)	106 → 86 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$38,160 → $51,782 (+35.7%)	$53,438 → $53,750 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$61,100 → $90,800 (+48.6%)	$50,000 → $70,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $666 (-5.4%)	—

Fairbury

Population

3,6863,905

Median household income

$38,160$51,782

Median home value

$61,100$90,800

Median gross rent

$704$666

Jansen

Population

10686

Median household income

$53,438$53,750

Median home value

$50,000$70,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbury	Jansen
Under 5	6.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	1.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	20.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	22.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	5.8%
75 and over	11.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbury	Jansen
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	2.4%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbury	Jansen
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	45.6%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbury	Jansen
Drove alone	69.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	21.4%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	2.1%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbury	Jansen
1-unit, detached	74.2%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairbury	Jansen
Poverty rate	15.1%	17.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	35
Median year structure built	1938	1938