Crossville vs Fairfield Glade

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

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

Crossville has the higher population (12,265 vs 9,149 in Fairfield Glade). Fairfield Glade has the higher median household income ($73,569 vs $50,672 in Crossville). Fairfield Glade has the higher median home value ($321,300 vs $230,300 in Crossville).

Population, income & housing

	Crossville	Fairfield Glade
Population	12,265	9,149
Median age	40.8 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,672	$73,569
Median home value	$230,300	$321,300
Median gross rent	$827	$1,191
Housing units	5,906	5,464
Homeownership rate	54.0%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crossville	Fairfield Glade
Population	11,545 → 12,265 (+6.2%)	8,985 → 9,149 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$34,113 → $50,672 (+48.5%)	$54,545 → $73,569 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $230,300 (+56.7%)	$218,100 → $321,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $827 (+23.4%)	$877 → $1,191 (+35.8%)

Crossville

Population

11,54512,265

Median household income

$34,113$50,672

Median home value

$147,000$230,300

Median gross rent

$670$827

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)

	Crossville	Fairfield Glade
Under 5	4.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	2.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	2.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	1.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	4.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	39.1%
75 and over	10.5%	29.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crossville	Fairfield Glade
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	92.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crossville	Fairfield Glade
No high school diploma	12.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crossville	Fairfield Glade
Drove alone	84.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	21.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crossville	Fairfield Glade
1-unit, detached	57.4%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	5.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Crossville	Fairfield Glade
Poverty rate	19.5%	7.9%
Average household size	2.13	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1992	1997