Fairchilds vs Simonton

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

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

Simonton has the higher population (1,001 vs 763 in Fairchilds). Simonton has the higher median household income ($134,750 vs $66,042 in Fairchilds). Simonton has the higher median home value ($352,900 vs $195,800 in Fairchilds).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchilds	Simonton
Population	763	1,001
Median age	50.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,042	$134,750
Median home value	$195,800	$352,900
Median gross rent	$998	—
Housing units	338	356
Homeownership rate	75.2%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchilds	Simonton
Population	789 → 763 (-3.3%)	643 → 1,001 (+55.7%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $66,042 (-4.8%)	$119,167 → $134,750 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $195,800 (+25.7%)	$266,400 → $352,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $998 (+24.8%)	—

Fairchilds

Population

789763

Median household income

$69,375$66,042

Median home value

$155,800$195,800

Median gross rent

$800$998

Simonton

Population

6431,001

Median household income

$119,167$134,750

Median home value

$266,400$352,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchilds	Simonton
Under 5	1.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	11.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	18.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	22.4%	5.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.1%
75 and over	10.7%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchilds	Simonton
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	67.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	34.5%	25.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchilds	Simonton
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	45.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchilds	Simonton
Drove alone	84.4%	74.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchilds	Simonton
1-unit, detached	63.0%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairchilds	Simonton
Poverty rate	14.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.36	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	43
Median year structure built	1992	1979