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Fairfield, IA

9,456 Population
6.6 square miles 1,429.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,189 ±$6,866 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $36,823 † ±$4,353
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,311 ±$10,729 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $61,620 † ±$10,446
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.7% ±4.9% (1,746  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jefferson County: 15.2% † 2,225 (±3.5% / ±517)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.2 minutes ±3.3 (39,215  ±11,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 15.9 † 93,760 (±1.8 / ±12,996)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,115 ±239 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 6,952 ±224
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (8,417  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.1 14,644 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1% ±1.1% (20  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Jefferson County: 2% † 64 (±1.3% / ±40)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,631 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 7,706 ±46
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,000 ±$10,693 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $163,400 ±$8,367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.3% ±5.8% (2,200  ±544.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jefferson County: 16.6% † 2,602 (±3.6% / ±556.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±7.7% (6,825  ±586.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 95.1% 11,177 (±5.8% / ±703.2)
  • 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)
52.9% ±5.6% (3,714  ±409.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 43.2% 5,084 (±4% / ±471.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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

20.4% ±2.7% (1,929  ±258) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 14.1% 2,215
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±2.3% (524  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.7% † 1,005 (±1.8% / ±228)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
524 Total veterans ±184 457 Male ±168 67 Female ±53

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