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Fairfield, IL

4,561 Population
4.1 square miles 1,113.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 42.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,775 ±$9,056 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $31,813 ±$2,605
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,989 ±$5,101 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wayne County: $55,521 ±$3,923
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±5.8% (796  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 16.1% † 2,556 (±3.7% / ±592)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±3.3 (35,645  ±7,885) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wayne County: 24.2 158,980 (±1.6 / ±12,221)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,314 ±200 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 6,866 ±191
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (4,476  ±383) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 15,851 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±3.7% (25  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 5.7% † 179 (±2% / ±64)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,570 ±189 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 7,680 ±30
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$88,800 ±$7,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $110,700 ±$6,140
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.6% ±6.5% (1,025  ±305.6) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Wayne County: 12.2% † 1,929 (±2.3% / ±366.2)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.2% ±5.8% (3,119  ±325.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 89.6% 10,071 (±4% / ±456.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.8% ±3.1% (507  ±114.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 16.3% † 1,826 (±2% / ±223.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

3.3% ±2.6% (150  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 2.2% 358
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.7% (286  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 6.6% † 816 (±0.9% / ±105)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
286 Total veterans ±107 213 Male ±79 73 Female ±59

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