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Fairfield town, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

65,289 Population
29.9 square miles 2,183.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 39.4 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$84,046 ±$10,889 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: $54,618 ±$3,460
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $56,190 ±$853
$184,222 ±$28,458 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: $90,385 ±$4,663
  • nearly double the amount in Connecticut: $96,049 ±$1,824

2.8% ±1.2% (1,670  ±735) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 11% † 35,755 (±1.9% / ±6,065)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Connecticut: 10.2% 364,217 (±0.6% / ±19,612)

32.9 minutes ±2.1 (695,475  ±59,103) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 31.3 4,257,805 (±0.7 / ±122,876)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)

Families

21,008 ±1,221 Number of households
  • Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 120,236 ±1,551
  • Connecticut: 1,455,235 ±6,160
2.9 ±0.2 (59,841  ±247) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 2.7 325,172 (±0 / ±1,041)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,565,854

4.1% ±2.5% (614  ±375) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 5.6% † 4,432 (±1.8% / ±1,410)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 43,096 (±0.5% / ±4,060)

Housing

21,695 ±1,316 Number of housing units
  • Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 126,577 ±379
  • Connecticut: 1,554,057 ±191

$815,000 ±$61,542 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: $468,300 ±$15,525
  • about double the amount in Connecticut: $396,900 ±$3,745

6.5% ±1.8% (4,220  ±1,156.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 10% † 33,313 (±1.5% / ±5,075.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 10.4% 378,505 (±0.5% / ±17,433.9)

Social

96.2% ±4.8% (38,057  ±2,705.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 87.9% 200,333 (±3.3% / ±7,611.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,392,646 (±1% / ±25,554.9)
70.5% ±4.4% (27,906  ±2,234.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 39.7% 90,404 (±2.2% / ±4,913.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 42.6% 1,109,258 (±0.7% / ±17,085.3)

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

13.1% ±2.5% (8,524  ±1,638) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 22.1% 74,268
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 15.9% 584,170

2.7% ±0.9% (1,286  ±457) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 3% † 7,770 (±0.6% / ±1,497)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 4.4% 129,563 (±0.2% / ±5,253)
1,286 Total veterans ±457 1,248 Male ±435 38 Female ±66

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