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Fairfax town, Franklin County, VT

5,138 Population
39.7 square miles 129.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 40.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Vermont: 43 ±0.2

Economics

$45,577 ±$4,922 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $38,447 ±$1,617
  • a little higher than the amount in Vermont: $44,365 ±$525
$119,063 ±$25,416 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Franklin County: $79,078 ±$5,479
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Vermont: $78,024 ±$1,357

3.5% ±2.7% (180  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Franklin County: 10.1% † 5,032 (±1.6% / ±811)
  • about one-third of the rate in Vermont: 10.3% 63,902 (±0.4% / ±2,288)

30 minutes ±6.9 (73,550  ±11,100) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 26.5 584,130 (±0.8 / ±28,532)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Vermont: 23.4 6,579,490 (±0.1 / ±81,792)

Families

1,990 ±172 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 19,605 ±400
  • Vermont: 269,466 ±1,559
2.6 ±0.2 (5,138  ±16) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.6 49,895 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 620,334

2.1% ±3.4% (22  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 5.5% † 616 (±1.4% / ±158)
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 4% 5,652 (±0.4% / ±530)

Housing

2,035 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 22,850 ±41
  • Vermont: 337,072 ±133

$365,100 ±$26,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Franklin County: $285,500 ±$7,910
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Vermont: $290,500 ±$2,466

4.2% ±2.8% (216  ±141) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 9.1% † 4,531 (±1.5% / ±,745.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Vermont: 12.2% 78,305 (±0.5% / ±2,940.1)

Social

98% ±11% (3,706  ±,477.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 93% 33,207 (±3.3% / ±1,194.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Vermont: 94.5% 437,670 (±0.8% / ±3,850.8)
48.1% ±7.7% (1,820  ±313) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 28.8% 10,287 (±1.9% / ±,667.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vermont: 42.6% 197,369 (±0.6% / ±2,637.6)

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

0.8% ±1.1% (40  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Franklin County: 2.4% 1,192
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,968

5.1% ±3.1% (203  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 7.2% † 2,825 (±0.8% / ±316)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vermont: 6.5% 34,076 (±0.2% / ±1,086)
203 Total veterans ±122 185 Male ±120 18 Female ±27

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