What is the population of Fairbury city?

Fairbury city has 3,905 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #41 of 593 in Nebraska.

What is the median household income in Fairbury city?

Median household income in Fairbury city is $51,782 a year, 34.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fairbury city?

Median gross rent is $666 a month and the median home value is $90,800, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.

Is Fairbury city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fairbury city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fairbury, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fairbury, Nebraska (Fairbury, NE — Census place “Fairbury city”) is 3,905 residents, ranking #41 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $51,782, the median home is worth $90,800 and median gross rent runs $666 a month. Looking for the Fairbury Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fairbury, NE: 68352.

Population: 3,905Fairbury city residents
Median household income: $51,782Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $90,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $666Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.3%Owner-occupied households

Fairbury ZIP codes (Nebraska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fairbury.

The Fairbury NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

68352

What the numbers mean in Fairbury city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fairbury city median would spend about 15.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.1% of residents and 63.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fairbury city, NE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fairbury city is a small town in Nebraska, with 3,905 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #41 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 42.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Fairbury city earn a median of $51,782 a year, 34.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 15.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fairbury city is valued at $90,800, 70.1% below the national figure and 44% below the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $666 a month, 52.6% below the national figure, or roughly $7,992 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 63.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Fairbury city?: Fairbury city has 3,905 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #41 of 593 in Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Fairbury city?: Median household income in Fairbury city is $51,782 a year, 34.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fairbury city?: Median gross rent is $666 a month and the median home value is $90,800, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.
Is Fairbury city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fairbury city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fairbury city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.