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Fairfield, TX

2,899 Population
5.5 square miles 531.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Freestone County: 41.8 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,982 ±$3,959 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Freestone County: $29,170 ±$1,979
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$55,294 ±$12,952 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Freestone County: $58,460 ±$5,235
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

21.9% ±6.3% (592  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Freestone County: 14.3% † 2,631 (±3.3% / ±611)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

26.7 minutes ±5.9 (33,190  ±8,520) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Freestone County: 27.4 185,730 (±2.2 / ±18,879)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,020 ±132 Number of households
  • Freestone County: 6,867 ±258
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.7 ±0.3 (2,706  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Freestone County: 2.7 18,377 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3% ±3.8% (22  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Freestone County: 4.1% † 157 (±2% / ±75)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

1,310 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Freestone County: 9,101 ±25
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$159,000 ±$27,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Freestone County: $164,400 ±$11,337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

15.1% ±6.3% (435  ±182.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Freestone County: 7.7% † 1,509 (±1.7% / ±338.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

82.8% ±9.7% (1,547  ±222.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Freestone County: 86.6% 12,072 (±4.7% / ±667.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
20.9% ±5.6% (390  ±110) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Freestone County: 15.9% † 2,215 (±2.2% / ±301.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

9% ±5.7% (261  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Freestone County: 4.8% 948
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

5.4% ±2.7% (115  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Freestone County: 7.2% † 1,103 (±1.3% / ±201)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
115 Total veterans ±57 104 Male ±53 11 Female ±13

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