Fairfield vs Midway

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

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

Midway has the higher population (737 vs 638 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($59,063 vs $45,189 in Midway). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $181,800 in Midway).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Midway
Population	638	737
Median age	48.2 yrs	67.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,063	$45,189
Median home value	$219,000	$181,800
Median gross rent	$1,111	$923
Housing units	283	465
Homeownership rate	68.3%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Midway
Population	579 → 638 (+10.2%)	2,062 → 737 (-64.3%)
Median household income	$53,500 → $59,063 (+10.4%)	$58,914 → $45,189 (-23.3%)
Median home value	$181,500 → $219,000 (+20.7%)	$159,400 → $181,800 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)	$801 → $923 (+15.2%)

Fairfield

Population

579638

Median household income

$53,500$59,063

Median home value

$181,500$219,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,111

Midway

Population

2,062737

Median household income

$58,914$45,189

Median home value

$159,400$181,800

Median gross rent

$801$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Midway
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	2.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	4.7%	1.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	47.8%
75 and over	12.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Midway
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Midway
No high school diploma	6.4%	19.8%
High school graduate	39.1%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Midway
Drove alone	83.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Midway
1-unit, detached	66.4%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Midway
Poverty rate	24.6%	7.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	14
Median year structure built	1949	1938