Fairfield vs Mitchellville

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (270 vs 145 in Mitchellville). Since 2019, Fairfield's population has grown faster (+90.1% vs -17.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Mitchellville
Population	270	145
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$44,375
Median home value	—	$153,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,100
Housing units	91	63
Homeownership rate	31.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	23.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Mitchellville
Population	142 → 270 (+90.1%)	175 → 145 (-17.1%)
Median household income	—	$38,750 → $44,375 (+14.5%)
Median home value	—	$103,100 → $153,100 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $1,100 (+10.0%)

Fairfield

Population

142270

Mitchellville

Population

175145

Median household income

$38,750$44,375

Median home value

$103,100$153,100

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Mitchellville
Under 5	3.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	7.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	13.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	30.4%	16.6%
45 to 54	20.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	21.4%
75 and over	0.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Mitchellville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	12.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Mitchellville
No high school diploma	3.4%	24.3%
High school graduate	56.6%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Mitchellville
Drove alone	64.9%	68.4%
Carpooled	35.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	10.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Mitchellville
1-unit, detached	23.1%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	76.9%	47.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Mitchellville
Poverty rate	32.2%	26.9%
Average household size	2.97	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1980	1982