Fairfax vs Pawhuska

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfax and Pawhuska: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairfax and Pawhuska are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pawhuska has the higher population (2,984 vs 1,018 in Fairfax). Pawhuska has the higher median household income ($48,625 vs $39,063 in Fairfax). Pawhuska has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $53,500 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Pawhuska
Population	1,018	2,984
Median age	44.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$48,625
Median home value	$53,500	$107,900
Median gross rent	$570	$541
Housing units	586	1,593
Homeownership rate	86.1%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Pawhuska
Population	1,330 → 1,018 (-23.5%)	3,481 → 2,984 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$31,944 → $39,063 (+22.3%)	$39,091 → $48,625 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$37,600 → $53,500 (+42.3%)	$69,600 → $107,900 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $570 (+23.1%)	$632 → $541 (-14.4%)

Fairfax

Population

1,3301,018

Median household income

$31,944$39,063

Median home value

$37,600$53,500

Median gross rent

$463$570

Pawhuska

Population

3,4812,984

Median household income

$39,091$48,625

Median home value

$69,600$107,900

Median gross rent

$632$541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Pawhuska
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	18.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.1%
75 and over	10.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Pawhuska
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	55.2%
Black or African American	4.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.8%	29.5%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Pawhuska
No high school diploma	16.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	45.4%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Pawhuska
Drove alone	88.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Pawhuska
1-unit, detached	93.9%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Pawhuska
Poverty rate	22.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1952	1960