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Fairfield, ME

2,432 Population
1.8 square miles 1,323.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Somerset County: 46.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,246 ±$5,069 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $32,452 ±$2,088
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$50,718 ±$22,794 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $56,199 ±$2,187
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

24.4% ±10.8% (584  ±277) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Somerset County: 15.6% † 7,756 (±1.6% / ±808)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

18.5 minutes ±3.2 (20,325  ±6,960) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Somerset County: 27.6 550,530 (±1.3 / ±32,503)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,111 ±169 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 22,737 ±370
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.2 ±0.2 (2,429  ±417) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 2.2 50,048 (±0 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

5.9% ±6.1% (39  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 5.8% † 587 (±1.8% / ±178)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

1,279 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 30,009 ±45
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$140,200 ±$8,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $155,200 ±$6,500
  • about half the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

21.3% ±12.6% (511  ±314.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Somerset County: 13% † 6,522 (±1.9% / ±963.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

97.1% ±1.3% (1,518  ±299.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 92.9% 35,348 (±3.2% / ±1,200.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
9.7% ±5.7% (152  ±93.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 20.3% 7,732 (±1.5% / ±556.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.3% ±2.4% (61  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Somerset County: 11% 4,560 (±0.9% / ±365)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
61 Total veterans ±46 61 Male ±46 N/A Female ±11

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