Fairfield is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,901 people and four associated neighborhoods, Fairfield is the 536th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fairfield is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fairfield is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairfield who work in maintenance occupations (16.21%), food service (13.79%), and sales jobs (9.84%). In terms of college education, the citizens of Fairfield rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.77% of adults 25 and older in Fairfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Fairfield in 2022 was $27,665, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,660 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. Fairfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.94% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fairfield include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Fairfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
