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Fairfield town, Herkimer County, NY

1,701 Population
41.3 square miles 41.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±7.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Herkimer County: 44.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,093 ±$6,703 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Herkimer County: $35,959 ±$1,132
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$86,786 ±$22,458 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Herkimer County: $68,858 ±$2,236
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.7% ±3.1% (147  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Herkimer County: 13.3% † 7,826 (±1.4% / ±822)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

25 minutes ±4.3 (13,835  ±3,886) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Herkimer County: 25.2 628,380 (±1 / ±31,943)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

528 ±80 Number of households
  • Herkimer County: 25,426 ±382
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
3.2 ±0.4 (1,685  ±321) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Herkimer County: 2.3 58,660 (±0 / ±19)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

21.1% ±16.9% (64  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Herkimer County: 5.3% † 634 (±1.3% / ±155)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

610 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Herkimer County: 32,449 ±48
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$155,500 ±$21,129 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Herkimer County: $135,000 ±$5,876
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

7.1% ±3.6% (116  ±62.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Herkimer County: 8.8% † 5,214 (±1.4% / ±834)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

89.5% ±16.8% (834  ±98.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Herkimer County: 91.7% 39,354 (±2.7% / ±1,154.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
19.7% ±4.5% (184  ±49.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Herkimer County: 22.6% 9,706 (±1.4% / ±616.2)
  • about half the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

0.5% ±0.6% (9  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Herkimer County: 2.8% 1,682
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.6% ±2.7% (81  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Herkimer County: 7.6% 3,634 (±0.7% / ±348)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
81 Total veterans ±32 74 Male ±31 7 Female ±8

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