Fairfield vs Wortham

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

Fairfield and Wortham 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 984 in Wortham). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($55,294 vs $41,833 in Wortham). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $93,800 in Wortham).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Wortham
Population	2,899	984
Median age	37.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,294	$41,833
Median home value	$159,000	$93,800
Median gross rent	$975	$883
Housing units	1,310	494
Homeownership rate	54.4%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Wortham
Population	2,916 → 2,899 (-0.6%)	1,071 → 984 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$46,619 → $55,294 (+18.6%)	$35,795 → $41,833 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$101,400 → $159,000 (+56.8%)	$83,300 → $93,800 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $975 (+23.0%)	$726 → $883 (+21.6%)

Fairfield

Population

2,9162,899

Median household income

$46,619$55,294

Median home value

$101,400$159,000

Median gross rent

$793$975

Wortham

Population

1,071984

Median household income

$35,795$41,833

Median home value

$83,300$93,800

Median gross rent

$726$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Wortham
Under 5	4.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.0%
75 and over	9.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Wortham
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	61.3%
Black or African American	22.5%	16.7%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Wortham
No high school diploma	17.2%	25.5%
High school graduate	27.9%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Wortham
Drove alone	84.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Wortham
1-unit, detached	74.8%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Wortham
Poverty rate	21.9%	19.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1978	1976