Fairfield vs Goshen

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (477 vs 285 in Goshen). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($91,354 vs $46,250 in Goshen). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($210,600 vs $131,300 in Goshen).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Goshen
Population	477	285
Median age	42.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,354	$46,250
Median home value	$210,600	$131,300
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	340	160
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Goshen
Population	359 → 477 (+32.9%)	332 → 285 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$2,499 → $91,354 (+3555.6%)	$28,889 → $46,250 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$406,600 → $210,600 (-48.2%)	$100,000 → $131,300 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$540 → $725 (+34.3%)

Fairfield

Population

359477

Median household income

$2,499$91,354

Median home value

$406,600$210,600

Goshen

Population

332285

Median household income

$28,889$46,250

Median home value

$100,000$131,300

Median gross rent

$540$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Goshen
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	34.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	4.9%
75 and over	5.7%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Goshen
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Goshen
No high school diploma	14.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	42.1%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	8.6%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Goshen
Drove alone	80.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Goshen
1-unit, detached	55.9%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	41.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	28.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Goshen
Poverty rate	2.7%	25.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1973	1967