Fairbury vs Plymouth

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

Fairbury and Plymouth 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 367 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $51,782 in Fairbury). Fairbury has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $85,000 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbury	Plymouth
Population	3,905	367
Median age	42.7 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,782	$54,375
Median home value	$90,800	$85,000
Median gross rent	$666	$929
Housing units	2,050	235
Homeownership rate	63.3%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbury	Plymouth
Population	3,686 → 3,905 (+5.9%)	452 → 367 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$38,160 → $51,782 (+35.7%)	$51,250 → $54,375 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$61,100 → $90,800 (+48.6%)	$83,100 → $85,000 (+2.3%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $666 (-5.4%)	$581 → $929 (+59.9%)

Fairbury

Population

3,6863,905

Median household income

$38,160$51,782

Median home value

$61,100$90,800

Median gross rent

$704$666

Plymouth

Population

452367

Median household income

$51,250$54,375

Median home value

$83,100$85,000

Median gross rent

$581$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbury	Plymouth
Under 5	6.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	14.7%
75 and over	11.3%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbury	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbury	Plymouth
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	45.6%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbury	Plymouth
Drove alone	69.9%	79.6%
Carpooled	21.4%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	5.0%	2.8%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbury	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	74.2%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	16.2%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairbury	Plymouth
Poverty rate	15.1%	10.4%
Average household size	2.23	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1938	1970