Crab Orchard vs Fairfield Glade

A side-by-side comparison of Crab Orchard and Fairfield Glade: population, income, housing, and more.

Crab Orchard and Fairfield Glade are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairfield Glade has the higher population (9,149 vs 834 in Crab Orchard). Fairfield Glade has the higher median household income ($73,569 vs $44,708 in Crab Orchard). Fairfield Glade has the higher median home value ($321,300 vs $137,900 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Fairfield Glade
Population	834	9,149
Median age	45.9 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,708	$73,569
Median home value	$137,900	$321,300
Median gross rent	$625	$1,191
Housing units	447	5,464
Homeownership rate	83.7%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Fairfield Glade
Population	686 → 834 (+21.6%)	8,985 → 9,149 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$36,364 → $44,708 (+22.9%)	$54,545 → $73,569 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $137,900 (+94.5%)	$218,100 → $321,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $625 (+8.7%)	$877 → $1,191 (+35.8%)

Crab Orchard

Population

686834

Median household income

$36,364$44,708

Median home value

$70,900$137,900

Median gross rent

$575$625

Fairfield Glade

Population

8,9859,149

Median household income

$54,545$73,569

Median home value

$218,100$321,300

Median gross rent

$877$1,191

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Fairfield Glade
Under 5	0.8%	1.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	2.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	2.7%
35 to 44	7.9%	1.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	39.1%
75 and over	5.4%	29.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Fairfield Glade
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Fairfield Glade
No high school diploma	11.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	68.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Fairfield Glade
Drove alone	75.5%	71.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.7%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	21.3%
Other means	9.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Fairfield Glade
1-unit, detached	79.0%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Fairfield Glade
Poverty rate	12.4%	7.9%
Average household size	2.16	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1977	1997