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Fairfield township, Fayette County, IA

642 Population
36.2 square miles 17.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.5 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Fayette County: 43.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,133 ±$23,105 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Fayette County: $35,469 ±$1,914
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,750 ±$23,841 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $60,165 ±$4,060
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±6.7% (79  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 12% † 2,225 (±2% / ±368)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.3 minutes ±15 (9,530  ±5,518) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Fayette County: 22.5 190,005 (±1.2 / ±12,665)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

295 ±63 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 8,342 ±182
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (642  ±150) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 2.2 18,553 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.6% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Fayette County: 7.6% † 276 (±2.7% / ±100)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

301 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 9,320 ±35
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$128,800 ±$22,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Fayette County: $136,800 ±$11,976
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±3.4% (36  ±23.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Fayette County: 10.5% † 2,004 (±1.8% / ±336.8)
  • 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

92.2% ±29% (460  ±101.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fayette County: 93.1% 12,554 (±3.7% / ±506.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.9% ±13.6% (144  ±75.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fayette County: 20.7% 2,790 (±1.8% / ±246.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 80 percent of 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

12.8% ±9.8% (82  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Fayette County: 2.1% 407
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.2% ±1.3% (17  ±8) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Fayette County: 8.4% † 1,263 (±1% / ±158)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
17 Total veterans ±8 16 Male ±8 1 Female ±2

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