Fairchilds vs Fifth Street

A side-by-side comparison of Fairchilds and Fifth Street: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairchilds and Fifth Street are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fifth Street has the higher population (945 vs 763 in Fairchilds). Fairchilds has the higher median household income ($66,042 vs $40,699 in Fifth Street). Since 2019, Fairchilds's population has grown faster (-3.3% vs -54.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchilds	Fifth Street
Population	763	945
Median age	50.4 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,042	$40,699
Median home value	$195,800	—
Median gross rent	$998	—
Housing units	338	300
Homeownership rate	75.2%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchilds	Fifth Street
Population	789 → 763 (-3.3%)	2,079 → 945 (-54.5%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $66,042 (-4.8%)	$32,188 → $40,699 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $195,800 (+25.7%)	$31,600 → $19,000 (-39.9%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $998 (+24.8%)	$1,050 → $1,035 (-1.4%)

Fairchilds

Population

789763

Median household income

$69,375$66,042

Median home value

$155,800$195,800

Median gross rent

$800$998

Fifth Street

Population

2,079945

Median household income

$32,188$40,699

Median home value

$31,600$19,000

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchilds	Fifth Street
Under 5	1.7%	9.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	34.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	2.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	22.4%	30.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	0.0%
75 and over	10.7%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchilds	Fifth Street
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	6.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.5%	73.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchilds	Fifth Street
No high school diploma	6.1%	56.9%
High school graduate	45.6%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchilds	Fifth Street
Drove alone	84.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchilds	Fifth Street
1-unit, detached	63.0%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	34.0%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairchilds	Fifth Street
Poverty rate	14.8%	9.0%
Average household size	2.36	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1992	1985