Fairfield vs Palmyra

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

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

Palmyra has the higher population (346 vs 147 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($122,500 vs $92,857 in Palmyra). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($583,300 vs $387,500 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Palmyra
Population	147	346
Median age	37.5 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$122,500	$92,857
Median home value	$387,500	$583,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,500
Housing units	41	122
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Palmyra
Population	98 → 147 (+50.0%)	468 → 346 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $122,500 (+69.0%)	$76,563 → $92,857 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$327,300 → $387,500 (+18.4%)	$339,000 → $583,300 (+72.1%)

Fairfield

Population

98147

Median household income

$72,500$122,500

Median home value

$327,300$387,500

Palmyra

Population

468346

Median household income

$76,563$92,857

Median home value

$339,000$583,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Palmyra
Under 5	6.8%	11.6%
5 to 17	32.7%	4.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	13.0%
25 to 34	2.0%	2.3%
35 to 44	23.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	6.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	20.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	19.7%
75 and over	7.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Palmyra
No high school diploma	2.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	25.6%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Palmyra
Drove alone	79.2%	67.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	27.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Palmyra
Poverty rate	37.4%	0.0%
Average household size	3.87	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	2006	1977