Fairfield vs Teague

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

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

Teague has the higher population (3,443 vs 2,899 in Fairfield). Teague has the higher median household income ($58,918 vs $55,294 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $123,300 in Teague).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Teague
Population	2,899	3,443
Median age	37.9 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,294	$58,918
Median home value	$159,000	$123,300
Median gross rent	$975	—
Housing units	1,310	1,454
Homeownership rate	54.4%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Teague
Population	2,916 → 2,899 (-0.6%)	3,519 → 3,443 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$46,619 → $55,294 (+18.6%)	$55,375 → $58,918 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$101,400 → $159,000 (+56.8%)	$85,600 → $123,300 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $975 (+23.0%)	$625 → $631 (+1.0%)

Fairfield

Population

2,9162,899

Median household income

$46,619$55,294

Median home value

$101,400$159,000

Median gross rent

$793$975

Teague

Population

3,5193,443

Median household income

$55,375$58,918

Median home value

$85,600$123,300

Median gross rent

$625$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Teague
Under 5	4.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	25.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.7%
75 and over	9.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Teague
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	41.9%
Black or African American	22.5%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	40.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Teague
No high school diploma	17.2%	16.2%
High school graduate	27.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Teague
Drove alone	84.3%	96.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Teague
1-unit, detached	74.8%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Teague
Poverty rate	21.9%	20.0%
Average household size	2.65	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1978	1976