Fairfield vs McKnightstown

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

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

McKnightstown has the higher population (728 vs 638 in Fairfield). McKnightstown has the higher median household income ($111,923 vs $59,063 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $185,900 in McKnightstown).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	McKnightstown
Population	638	728
Median age	48.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,063	$111,923
Median home value	$219,000	$185,900
Median gross rent	$1,111	—
Housing units	283	297
Homeownership rate	68.3%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	McKnightstown
Population	579 → 638 (+10.2%)	163 → 728 (+346.6%)
Median household income	$53,500 → $59,063 (+10.4%)	$30,964 → $111,923 (+261.5%)
Median home value	$181,500 → $219,000 (+20.7%)	$341,900 → $185,900 (-45.6%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)	—

Fairfield

Population

579638

Median household income

$53,500$59,063

Median home value

$181,500$219,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,111

McKnightstown

Population

163728

Median household income

$30,964$111,923

Median home value

$341,900$185,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	McKnightstown
Under 5	1.6%	10.7%
5 to 17	21.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	21.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	30.5%
75 and over	12.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	McKnightstown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	McKnightstown
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	39.1%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	McKnightstown
Drove alone	83.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	McKnightstown
1-unit, detached	66.4%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	McKnightstown
Poverty rate	24.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1949	1938