Fairfield vs Hamilton

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

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

Hamilton has the higher population (63,124 vs 44,597 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($70,166 vs $54,293 in Hamilton). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($218,100 vs $152,300 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Hamilton
Population	44,597	63,124
Median age	38.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,166	$54,293
Median home value	$218,100	$152,300
Median gross rent	$1,145	$974
Housing units	19,476	27,208
Homeownership rate	61.4%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Hamilton
Population	42,634 → 44,597 (+4.6%)	62,182 → 63,124 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$60,340 → $70,166 (+16.3%)	$47,064 → $54,293 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$159,300 → $218,100 (+36.9%)	$107,200 → $152,300 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,145 (+21.3%)	$809 → $974 (+20.4%)

Fairfield

Population

42,63444,597

Median household income

$60,340$70,166

Median home value

$159,300$218,100

Median gross rent

$944$1,145

Hamilton

Population

62,18263,124

Median household income

$47,064$54,293

Median home value

$107,200$152,300

Median gross rent

$809$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Hamilton
Under 5	6.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.6%
75 and over	7.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	73.8%
Black or African American	18.4%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Hamilton
No high school diploma	8.6%	14.1%
High school graduate	32.3%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Hamilton
Drove alone	80.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Hamilton
1-unit, detached	56.2%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	7.9%
20 or more units	4.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Hamilton
Poverty rate	9.1%	18.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1978	1956