Fairchilds vs Thompsons

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

Fairchilds and Thompsons 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 252 in Thompsons). Fairchilds has the higher median household income ($66,042 vs $57,500 in Thompsons). Thompsons has the higher median home value ($244,000 vs $195,800 in Fairchilds).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchilds	Thompsons
Population	763	252
Median age	50.4 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,042	$57,500
Median home value	$195,800	$244,000
Median gross rent	$998	—
Housing units	338	126
Homeownership rate	75.2%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchilds	Thompsons
Population	789 → 763 (-3.3%)	243 → 252 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $66,042 (-4.8%)	$47,500 → $57,500 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $195,800 (+25.7%)	$185,100 → $244,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $998 (+24.8%)	$913 → $1,153 (+26.3%)

Fairchilds

Population

789763

Median household income

$69,375$66,042

Median home value

$155,800$195,800

Median gross rent

$800$998

Thompsons

Population

243252

Median household income

$47,500$57,500

Median home value

$185,100$244,000

Median gross rent

$913$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchilds	Thompsons
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	23.8%
55 to 64	22.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.9%
75 and over	10.7%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchilds	Thompsons
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	14.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	84.9%
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%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchilds	Thompsons
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.5%
High school graduate	45.6%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchilds	Thompsons
Drove alone	84.4%	90.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchilds	Thompsons
1-unit, detached	63.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairchilds	Thompsons
Poverty rate	14.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1992	1976