Bakersfield vs Fairfax

A side-by-side comparison of Bakersfield and Fairfax: population, income, housing, and more.

Bakersfield and Fairfax are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairfax has the higher population (886 vs 377 in Bakersfield). Bakersfield has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $56,667 in Fairfax). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($348,600 vs $224,400 in Bakersfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	Fairfax
Population	377	886
Median age	47.6 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$56,667
Median home value	$224,400	$348,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,009
Housing units	148	508
Homeownership rate	98.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	Fairfax
Population	431 → 377 (-12.5%)	873 → 886 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$65,104 → $88,438 (+35.8%)	$54,888 → $56,667 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $224,400 (+34.5%)	$285,400 → $348,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$900 → $1,009 (+12.1%)

Bakersfield

Population

431377

Median household income

$65,104$88,438

Median home value

$166,900$224,400

Fairfax

Population

873886

Median household income

$54,888$56,667

Median home value

$285,400$348,600

Median gross rent

$900$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	Fairfax
Under 5	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	5.6%
18 to 24	14.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	26.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	27.9%	18.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	21.4%
75 and over	4.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	Fairfax
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	100.0%
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	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	Fairfax
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	Fairfax
Drove alone	79.3%	69.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	Fairfax
1-unit, detached	98.0%	34.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	Fairfax
Poverty rate	1.9%	20.3%
Average household size	2.55	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1938	1992