Engelhard vs Fairfield

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (276 vs 230 in Engelhard). Engelhard has the higher median household income ($52,775 vs $39,659 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $112,000 in Engelhard).

Population, income & housing

	Engelhard	Fairfield
Population	230	276
Median age	63.5 yrs	18.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,775	$39,659
Median home value	$112,000	$154,500
Median gross rent	$804	—
Housing units	140	121
Homeownership rate	66.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Engelhard	Fairfield
Population	413 → 230 (-44.3%)	265 → 276 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$16,887 → $52,775 (+212.5%)	$33,250 → $39,659 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$113,300 → $112,000 (-1.1%)	$97,300 → $154,500 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $804 (+2.7%)	—

Engelhard

Population

413230

Median household income

$16,887$52,775

Median home value

$113,300$112,000

Median gross rent

$783$804

Fairfield

Population

265276

Median household income

$33,250$39,659

Median home value

$97,300$154,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Engelhard	Fairfield
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	44.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	5.2%	5.8%
55 to 64	59.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.8%	15.9%
75 and over	5.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Engelhard	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	47.5%
Black or African American	11.7%	43.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Engelhard	Fairfield
No high school diploma	22.6%	26.3%
High school graduate	52.2%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	3.5%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Engelhard	Fairfield
Drove alone	65.9%	0.0%
Carpooled	22.5%	100.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	11.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Engelhard	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	78.6%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Engelhard	Fairfield
Poverty rate	35.2%	9.1%
Average household size	1.90	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	36	—
Median year structure built	1938	1994