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Fairfield, AL

9,846 Population
3.5 square miles 2,842.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 39 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$23,897 ±$2,752 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $39,288 ±$508
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$48,492 ±$8,948 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $69,627 ±$970
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

30.3% ±7.2% (2,733  ±652) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 14.1% 162,162 (±0.4% / ±4,990)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

23.4 minutes ±4.6 (79,540  ±9,694) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27.2 13,168,450 (±0.3 / ±188,813)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

3,749 ±351 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 460,747 ±2,070
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.4 ±0.2 (8,998  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,151,857 (±0 / ±444)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

4.9% ±4.4% (119  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.6% 12,975 (±0.4% / ±969)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

4,732 ±387 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 522,829 ±236
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$120,100 ±$16,251 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $226,200 ±$2,570
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

13.4% ±6.3% (1,306  ±608.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 12.5% 145,685 (±0.4% / ±4,770.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

95.1% ±9.4% (5,724  ±713.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 90% 727,141 (±0.8% / ±6,559.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
24.5% ±5.4% (1,477  ±342.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.2% 268,465 (±0.5% / ±3,923.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±0.6% (63  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.3% 50,280
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

10.1% ±4.7% (745  ±348) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 6.3% 57,478 (±0.2% / ±2,010)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
745 Total veterans ±348 620 Male ±346 125 Female ±79

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