Fairchilds vs Orchard

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

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

Fairchilds has the higher population (763 vs 257 in Orchard). Fairchilds has the higher median household income ($66,042 vs $41,705 in Orchard). Orchard has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $195,800 in Fairchilds).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchilds	Orchard
Population	763	257
Median age	50.4 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,042	$41,705
Median home value	$195,800	$211,400
Median gross rent	$998	$1,250
Housing units	338	108
Homeownership rate	75.2%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchilds	Orchard
Population	789 → 763 (-3.3%)	212 → 257 (+21.2%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $66,042 (-4.8%)	$50,417 → $41,705 (-17.3%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $195,800 (+25.7%)	$145,200 → $211,400 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $998 (+24.8%)	$771 → $1,250 (+62.1%)

Fairchilds

Population

789763

Median household income

$69,375$66,042

Median home value

$155,800$195,800

Median gross rent

$800$998

Orchard

Population

212257

Median household income

$50,417$41,705

Median home value

$145,200$211,400

Median gross rent

$771$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchilds	Orchard
Under 5	1.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	0.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	28.4%
55 to 64	22.4%	6.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	19.5%
75 and over	10.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchilds	Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	25.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	72.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchilds	Orchard
No high school diploma	6.1%	38.2%
High school graduate	45.6%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchilds	Orchard
Drove alone	84.4%	87.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchilds	Orchard
1-unit, detached	63.0%	73.1%
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%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	26.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairchilds	Orchard
Poverty rate	14.8%	9.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1992	1971