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Fairfield University, CT

2,939 Population
0.3 square miles 8,713.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

19.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 41 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$4,198 ±$724 Per capita income
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $71,978 ±$1,066
  • about 10 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 10 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

92.3% ±60.7% (24  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 9.2% 86,068 (±0.4% / ±4,159)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.2 minutes ±5.4 (5,730  ±1,908) Mean travel time to work
  • about one-third of the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 31 12,011,920 (±0.4 / ±204,711)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9 ±14 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 355,012 ±1,211
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1 (9  ±14) Persons per household
  • about two-fifths of the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 2.7 939,477 (±0 / ±230)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

9 ±14 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 377,569 ±159
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

23.9% ±7.6% (703  ±222.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 10.8% 101,835 (±0.4% / ±4,173.3)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

62.9% ±151.1% (22  ±56.2) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 90.2% 595,881 (±0.9% / ±5,848.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5.7% ±107.6% (2  ±37.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 50.9% 336,283 (±0.6% / ±4,197.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • less than a fifth 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

1.7% ±1.6% (51  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 23.3% 223,132
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

0.1% ±0.4% (4  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 3.1% 22,794 (±0.2% / ±1,126)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4 Total veterans ±10 4 Male ±10 N/A Female ±14

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