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Fairfax town, Franklin County, VT

5,226 Population
39.7 square miles 131.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,071 ±$4,076 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $40,206 ±$1,533
  • about the same as the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$128,963 ±$29,451 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Franklin County: $81,313 ±$4,757
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.1% ±3.4% (266  ±176) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 10.3% † 5,142 (±1.5% / ±754)
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.8 minutes ±2 (73,330  ±12,616) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 27.1 585,890 (±1.3 / ±37,244)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,845 ±154 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 19,963 ±397
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (5,226  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.5 50,082 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±3.7% (38  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 4.9% † 542 (±1.3% / ±147)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,995 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 23,019 ±59
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$378,200 ±$21,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $306,700 ±$9,604
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±2.6% (195  ±134.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 9.8% † 4,927 (±1.4% / ±719.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98% ±11.2% (3,712  ±486.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 93.4% 33,772 (±3.2% / ±1,145.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
49.5% ±7.8% (1,875  ±318.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 30.2% 10,921 (±1.9% / ±700.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • about 1.4 times 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

0.4% ±0.6% (20  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Franklin County: 2.2% 1,091
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±2.9% (256  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 6.9% † 2,719 (±0.8% / ±313)
  • a little higher than the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
256 Total veterans ±118 188 Male ±125 68 Female ±74

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