Fairfield vs Glasgow

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

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

Glasgow has the higher population (1,253 vs 477 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($91,354 vs $50,625 in Glasgow). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($210,600 vs $117,100 in Glasgow).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Glasgow
Population	477	1,253
Median age	42.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,354	$50,625
Median home value	$210,600	$117,100
Median gross rent	—	$814
Housing units	340	636
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Glasgow
Population	359 → 477 (+32.9%)	1,385 → 1,253 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$2,499 → $91,354 (+3555.6%)	$36,964 → $50,625 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$406,600 → $210,600 (-48.2%)	$96,700 → $117,100 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$813 → $814 (+0.1%)

Fairfield

Population

359477

Median household income

$2,499$91,354

Median home value

$406,600$210,600

Glasgow

Population

1,3851,253

Median household income

$36,964$50,625

Median home value

$96,700$117,100

Median gross rent

$813$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Glasgow
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	21.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	34.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	7.3%	22.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.1%
75 and over	5.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Glasgow
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.2%
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%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Glasgow
No high school diploma	14.0%	12.8%
High school graduate	42.1%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Glasgow
Drove alone	80.1%	88.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Glasgow
1-unit, detached	55.9%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	41.5%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Glasgow
Poverty rate	2.7%	14.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1973	1963