Fairfax vs Gregory

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

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

Gregory has the higher population (1,330 vs 143 in Fairfax). Fairfax has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $47,629 in Gregory). Gregory has the higher median home value ($105,600 vs $62,000 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Gregory
Population	143	1,330
Median age	32.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$47,629
Median home value	$62,000	$105,600
Median gross rent	$788	$746
Housing units	92	672
Homeownership rate	84.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Gregory
Population	135 → 143 (+5.9%)	1,507 → 1,330 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$31,000 → $66,875 (+115.7%)	$38,281 → $47,629 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$46,700 → $62,000 (+32.8%)	$91,100 → $105,600 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$413 → $788 (+90.8%)	$535 → $746 (+39.4%)

Fairfax

Population

135143

Median household income

$31,000$66,875

Median home value

$46,700$62,000

Median gross rent

$413$788

Gregory

Population

1,5071,330

Median household income

$38,281$47,629

Median home value

$91,100$105,600

Median gross rent

$535$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Gregory
Under 5	16.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	4.2%	16.5%
75 and over	8.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Gregory
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Gregory
No high school diploma	12.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Gregory
Drove alone	72.6%	80.4%
Carpooled	14.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	4.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Gregory
1-unit, detached	64.1%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Gregory
Poverty rate	17.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.07	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	48	16
Median year structure built	1976	1961