Fairfield, Iowa Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Fairfield is 3rd in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Fairfield is 4th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Foreign born residents

Fairfield is 10th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Race - Asian

Fairfield is 12th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Income below poverty line

Fairfield is 15th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Fairfield	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	9,476	41st	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	6.3	52nd	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,511.3	29th	54.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Fairfield	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	4.6%	79th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.3%	77th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.9%	45th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fairfield	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.7%	32nd	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	37.4%	15th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fairfield	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	90.3%	58th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.0%	33rd	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	54th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.9%	10th	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	73rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	24th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	33rd	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.4%	51st	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fairfield	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	50.3%	66th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	16.7%	4th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Fairfield	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	4,650	37th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.7%	51st	18.5%	25.9%
Households	3,994	37th	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.2%	42nd	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,500	66th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.1	74th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Fairfield	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$23,136	44th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$37,175	71st	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.6%	12th	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Fairfield	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,497	26th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$307,768	24th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$33,265	3rd	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,866	42nd	$4,737,719	$613,795,732