East Lexington vs Fairfield

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

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

East Lexington has the higher population (2,020 vs 477 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($91,354 vs $70,500 in East Lexington). East Lexington has the higher median home value ($275,800 vs $210,600 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	East Lexington	Fairfield
Population	2,020	477
Median age	40.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$91,354
Median home value	$275,800	$210,600
Median gross rent	$965	—
Housing units	765	340
Homeownership rate	49.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Lexington	Fairfield
Population	1,683 → 2,020 (+20.0%)	359 → 477 (+32.9%)
Median household income	$51,767 → $70,500 (+36.2%)	$2,499 → $91,354 (+3555.6%)
Median home value	$188,600 → $275,800 (+46.2%)	$406,600 → $210,600 (-48.2%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $965 (+8.7%)	—

East Lexington

Population

1,6832,020

Median household income

$51,767$70,500

Median home value

$188,600$275,800

Median gross rent

$888$965

Fairfield

Population

359477

Median household income

$2,499$91,354

Median home value

$406,600$210,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Lexington	Fairfield
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	21.2%	34.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	7.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.8%
75 and over	4.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Lexington	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	15.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Lexington	Fairfield
No high school diploma	9.8%	14.0%
High school graduate	33.8%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	8.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Lexington	Fairfield
Drove alone	78.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Lexington	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	49.5%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	40.8%	41.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	East Lexington	Fairfield
Poverty rate	10.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.67	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1980	1973