Fairchild vs Fall Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Fairchild and Fall Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairchild and Fall Creek are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fall Creek has the higher population (1,502 vs 418 in Fairchild). Fall Creek has the higher median household income ($82,250 vs $47,083 in Fairchild). Fall Creek has the higher median home value ($202,700 vs $102,000 in Fairchild).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchild	Fall Creek
Population	418	1,502
Median age	48.8 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,083	$82,250
Median home value	$102,000	$202,700
Median gross rent	$717	$1,054
Housing units	242	517
Homeownership rate	69.1%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchild	Fall Creek
Population	584 → 418 (-28.4%)	1,517 → 1,502 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$35,250 → $47,083 (+33.6%)	$55,298 → $82,250 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $102,000 (+50.9%)	$136,200 → $202,700 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $717 (+12.2%)	$696 → $1,054 (+51.4%)

Fairchild

Population

584418

Median household income

$35,250$47,083

Median home value

$67,600$102,000

Median gross rent

$639$717

Fall Creek

Population

1,5171,502

Median household income

$55,298$82,250

Median home value

$136,200$202,700

Median gross rent

$696$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchild	Fall Creek
Under 5	2.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	19.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	20.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.4%
75 and over	4.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchild	Fall Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchild	Fall Creek
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	49.0%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchild	Fall Creek
Drove alone	68.8%	74.8%
Carpooled	11.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchild	Fall Creek
1-unit, detached	66.1%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	9.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairchild	Fall Creek
Poverty rate	16.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1968	1973