Fairfax vs Shidler

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

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

Fairfax has the higher population (1,018 vs 373 in Shidler). Shidler has the higher median household income ($68,553 vs $39,063 in Fairfax). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($53,500 vs $47,600 in Shidler).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Shidler
Population	1,018	373
Median age	44.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$68,553
Median home value	$53,500	$47,600
Median gross rent	$570	$788
Housing units	586	230
Homeownership rate	86.1%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Shidler
Population	1,330 → 1,018 (-23.5%)	310 → 373 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$31,944 → $39,063 (+22.3%)	$39,688 → $68,553 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$37,600 → $53,500 (+42.3%)	$38,500 → $47,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $570 (+23.1%)	$475 → $788 (+65.9%)

Fairfax

Population

1,3301,018

Median household income

$31,944$39,063

Median home value

$37,600$53,500

Median gross rent

$463$570

Shidler

Population

310373

Median household income

$39,688$68,553

Median home value

$38,500$47,600

Median gross rent

$475$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Shidler
Under 5	5.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	15.3%
75 and over	10.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Shidler
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	75.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	21.8%	6.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	17.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Shidler
No high school diploma	16.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	45.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Shidler
Drove alone	88.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Shidler
1-unit, detached	93.9%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Shidler
Poverty rate	22.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1952	1950