Fairfield vs Trenton

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (44,597 vs 13,304 in Trenton). Trenton has the higher median household income ($87,788 vs $70,166 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($218,100 vs $209,700 in Trenton).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Trenton
Population	44,597	13,304
Median age	38.3 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,166	$87,788
Median home value	$218,100	$209,700
Median gross rent	$1,145	$1,354
Housing units	19,476	4,726
Homeownership rate	61.4%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Trenton
Population	42,634 → 44,597 (+4.6%)	12,901 → 13,304 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$60,340 → $70,166 (+16.3%)	$77,739 → $87,788 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$159,300 → $218,100 (+36.9%)	$136,900 → $209,700 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,145 (+21.3%)	$957 → $1,354 (+41.5%)

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

Trenton

Population

12,90113,304

Median household income

$77,739$87,788

Median home value

$136,900$209,700

Median gross rent

$957$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Trenton
Under 5	6.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	6.7%
75 and over	7.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Trenton
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	95.4%
Black or African American	18.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Trenton
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Trenton
Drove alone	80.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.8%	6.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Trenton
1-unit, detached	56.2%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Trenton
Poverty rate	9.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1978	1992