Fairfield vs Kirvin

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (2,899 vs 97 in Kirvin). Kirvin has the higher median household income ($67,000 vs $55,294 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $110,400 in Kirvin).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Kirvin
Population	2,899	97
Median age	37.9 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,294	$67,000
Median home value	$159,000	$110,400
Median gross rent	$975	$690
Housing units	1,310	48
Homeownership rate	54.4%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Kirvin
Population	2,916 → 2,899 (-0.6%)	172 → 97 (-43.6%)
Median household income	$46,619 → $55,294 (+18.6%)	$47,500 → $67,000 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$101,400 → $159,000 (+56.8%)	$64,600 → $110,400 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $975 (+23.0%)	$600 → $690 (+15.0%)

Fairfield

Population

2,9162,899

Median household income

$46,619$55,294

Median home value

$101,400$159,000

Median gross rent

$793$975

Kirvin

Population

17297

Median household income

$47,500$67,000

Median home value

$64,600$110,400

Median gross rent

$600$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Kirvin
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	7.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	14.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	22.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.3%
75 and over	9.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Kirvin
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	74.2%
Black or African American	22.5%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Kirvin
No high school diploma	17.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Kirvin
Drove alone	84.3%	98.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	1.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Kirvin
1-unit, detached	74.8%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	31.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Kirvin
Poverty rate	21.9%	13.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1978	1988