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Fairfield Bay, AR

2,515 Population
15.1 square miles 166.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

68.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Van Buren County: 49.6 ±0.6
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,805 ±$7,033 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Van Buren County: $28,312 ±$1,979
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,594 ±$12,128 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Van Buren County: $50,354 † ±$5,963
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.4% ±4.7% (285  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Van Buren County: 19.1% † 3,021 (±3.4% / ±537)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±4.2 (15,255  ±5,314) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Van Buren County: 33.2 † 171,595 (±4 / ±25,978)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,525 ±203 Number of households
  • Van Buren County: 7,432 ±318
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.6 ±0.3 (2,491  ±307) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Van Buren County: 2.1 15,815 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.9% ±12.1% (21  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Van Buren County: 5.7% † 153 (±3% / ±80)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,068 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Van Buren County: 9,725 ±26
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,800 ±$9,755 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Van Buren County: $135,700 † ±$14,910
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±4.3% (240  ±112) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Van Buren County: 7.7% † 1,218 (±2% / ±316)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±2.9% (2,157  ±276) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Van Buren County: 87.3% 10,431 (±4.8% / ±576)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.1% ±5.5% (686  ±151.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Van Buren County: 15% † 1,793 (±2% / ±244.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.2% ±2.3% (105  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Van Buren County: 1.9% 304
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

18.5% ±4.4% (436  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Van Buren County: 11.1% † 1,429 (±1.6% / ±212)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
436 Total veterans ±116 413 Male ±114 23 Female ±22

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