Fairfield vs Millwood

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

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

Millwood has the higher population (1,880 vs 607 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $71,875 in Millwood). Millwood has the higher median home value ($327,200 vs $233,500 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Millwood
Population	607	1,880
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$71,875
Median home value	$233,500	$327,200
Median gross rent	$1,160	$1,097
Housing units	210	803
Homeownership rate	74.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Millwood
Population	596 → 607 (+1.8%)	1,629 → 1,880 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$51,696 → $75,000 (+45.1%)	$56,364 → $71,875 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $233,500 (+50.4%)	$173,700 → $327,200 (+88.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,160 (+14.9%)	$781 → $1,097 (+40.5%)

Fairfield

Population

596607

Median household income

$51,696$75,000

Median home value

$155,300$233,500

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,160

Millwood

Population

1,6291,880

Median household income

$56,364$71,875

Median home value

$173,700$327,200

Median gross rent

$781$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Millwood
Under 5	4.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	23.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.5%	10.0%
75 and over	5.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Millwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Millwood
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	38.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Millwood
Drove alone	76.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	13.5%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Millwood
1-unit, detached	81.4%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Millwood
Poverty rate	12.2%	10.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	39	19
Median year structure built	1951	1957