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Fairfax, IA

2,900 Population
3.6 square miles 799.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,859 ±$4,377 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $43,062 ±$971
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$114,375 ±$23,877 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $78,080 ±$2,070
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±4.5% (181  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 9.4% 25,372 (±0.6% / ±1,660)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±1.7 (26,815  ±4,043) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 20.2 2,454,805 (±0.4 / ±60,144)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,018 ±93 Number of households
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 114,000 ±655
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (2,900  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 2.4 270,091 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.6% ±7% (60  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 5.9% † 3,730 (±0.7% / ±420)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,046 ±97 Number of housing units
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 123,107 ±96
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$274,500 ±$37,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $211,500 ±$4,190
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±3% (160  ±83.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 11.8% 32,259 (±0.8% / ±2,132)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±7.9% (1,856  ±209.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 95.2% 181,497 (±1.6% / ±3,009.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.1% ±5.2% (672  ±113) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 32.9% 62,673 (±1% / ±1,804.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about the same as 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

3.6% ±2.1% (105  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 4.8% 13,395
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±3% (162  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 7.6% 16,355 (±0.4% / ±870)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
162 Total veterans ±64 145 Male ±57 17 Female ±29

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