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Fairfield town, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

62,072 Population
29.9 square miles 2,075.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 40.5 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$78,256 ±$3,897 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: $48,201 ±$1,114
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $52,034 ±$404
$165,316 ±$8,677 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: $83,147 ±$2,305
  • nearly double the amount in Connecticut: $90,213 ±$730

5.3% ±1.5% (3,017  ±862) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 13.3% 42,156 (±0.8% / ±2,617)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 10.1% 355,692 (±0.2% / ±7,493)

35.3 minutes ±1.8 (777,310  ±54,709) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 30.7 4,217,590 (±0.7 / ±128,787)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 41,563,900 (±0.1 / ±302,595)

Families

20,506 ±567 Number of households
  • Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 117,497 ±791
  • Connecticut: 1,409,807 ±3,257
2.8 ±0.1 (56,982  ±110) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 2.7 316,286 (±0 / ±159)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,499,582

4.8% ±1.2% (691  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 4.8% † 3,603 (±0.7% / ±509)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.3% 35,383 (±0.2% / ±1,431)

Housing

21,442 ±553 Number of housing units
  • Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 125,378 ±141
  • Connecticut: 1,531,332 ±311

$704,100 ±$22,134 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: $372,000 ±$5,950
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $323,700 ±$1,411

12.3% ±1.7% (7,549  ±1,038.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 11.5% 37,245 (±0.8% / ±2,534.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 11.5% 412,825 (±0.2% / ±8,460.4)

Social

96.7% ±2.9% (37,525  ±1,325.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 88.3% 195,698 (±1.6% / ±3,449.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,300,714 (±0.5% / ±11,609.6)
70.5% ±2.5% (27,373  ±1,103.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 41.7% 92,435 (±1% / ±2,299.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 41.4% 1,043,226 (±0.3% / ±7,224.6)

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

11.7% ±1.3% (7,255  ±816) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 21% 68,425
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 15% 542,964

3.1% ±0.4% (1,460  ±208) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 3.4% 8,703 (±0.3% / ±637)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 146,179 (±0.1% / ±2,407)
1,460 Total veterans ±208 1,422 Male ±199 38 Female ±35

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