Fairfield vs Middletown

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (50,607 vs 44,597 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($70,166 vs $54,985 in Middletown). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($218,100 vs $148,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Middletown
Population	44,597	50,607
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,166	$54,985
Median home value	$218,100	$148,300
Median gross rent	$1,145	$974
Housing units	19,476	22,585
Homeownership rate	61.4%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Middletown
Population	42,634 → 44,597 (+4.6%)	48,621 → 50,607 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$60,340 → $70,166 (+16.3%)	$40,347 → $54,985 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$159,300 → $218,100 (+36.9%)	$97,700 → $148,300 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,145 (+21.3%)	$786 → $974 (+23.9%)

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

Middletown

Population

48,62150,607

Median household income

$40,347$54,985

Median home value

$97,700$148,300

Median gross rent

$786$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Middletown
Under 5	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.1%
75 and over	7.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	73.3%
Black or African American	18.4%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Middletown
No high school diploma	8.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Middletown
Drove alone	80.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Middletown
1-unit, detached	56.2%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	10.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Middletown
Poverty rate	9.1%	19.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1978	1962