Fairfield is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 44,456 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Fairfield is the 27th largest community in Ohio.Fairfield is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fairfield is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairfield who work in office and administrative support (12.72%), sales jobs (11.97%), and management occupations (9.26%). Also of interest is that Fairfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.42% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Fairfield is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.08% of adults in Fairfield have a college degree. The per capita income in Fairfield in 2022 was $37,076, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,304 for a family of four. However, Fairfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fairfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fairfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fairfield include German, Irish, English, Italian, and African. The most common language spoken in Fairfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
