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Fairfield, TX

2,924 Population
5.5 square miles 535.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±8.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Freestone County: 41.1 ±0.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,059 ±$5,098 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Freestone County: $30,349 ±$1,760
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,250 ±$13,630 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Freestone County: $59,960 ±$5,424
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.5% ±7.6% (590  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Freestone County: 12.3% † 2,285 (±2.7% / ±499)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.6 minutes ±6.2 (25,065  ±8,069) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Freestone County: 25.5 175,525 (±2 / ±18,452)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,073 ±138 Number of households
  • Freestone County: 7,090 ±295
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (2,744  ±25) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Freestone County: 2.6 18,573 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±4.2% (37  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Freestone County: 7% † 272 (±2.5% / ±97)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,385 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Freestone County: 9,123 ±48
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$169,500 ±$22,255 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Freestone County: $168,000 ±$8,792
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±5% (352  ±145.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Freestone County: 6.6% † 1,313 (±1.3% / ±248)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.5% ±9.5% (1,612  ±244.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Freestone County: 87.3% 12,404 (±4.7% / ±681.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.2% ±6% (394  ±123.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Freestone County: 16.5% † 2,350 (±2.1% / ±297.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

8.9% ±5.6% (259  ±163) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Freestone County: 5.4% 1,088
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±3.4% (153  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Freestone County: 7.5% † 1,164 (±1.4% / ±209)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
153 Total veterans ±75 148 Male ±75 5 Female ±8

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