Fairfield, OH

Census Place

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2024 Population
44,828
US Senator
Bernie Moreno
Republican Party
US Senator
Jon Husted
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
38.1
0.522% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
8.43%
7.32% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$77,937
11.1% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$234,500
7.52% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
23,198
2.86% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Fairfield, OH reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

92.6% of the residents in Fairfield, OH are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Fairfield, OH are Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy (50 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Fairfield, OH was $234,500, and the homeownership rate was 63.2%.

Most people in Fairfield, OH drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Fairfield, OH was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Fairfield, OH is home to a population of 44.8k people, from which 92.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 10.9% of Fairfield, OH residents were born outside of the country (4.9k people).

In 2024, there were 3.99 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (26.6k people) in Fairfield, OH than any other race or ethnicity. There were 6.67k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.3k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

92.6%
2024 Citizenship
90.8%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 92.6% of Fairfield, OH residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Fairfield, OH was 90.8%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Fairfield, OH
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    26.6k ± 1.51k
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    6.67k ± 957
  3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    3.3k ± 931
11.4%
Hispanic Population
5.1k people

In 2024, there were 3.99 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (26.6k people) in Fairfield, OH than any other race or ethnicity. There were 6.67k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.3k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

11.4% of the people in Fairfield, OH are hispanic (5.1k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Fairfield, OH as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. India
    66,106 ± 6,295 people
  2. Mexico
    45,962 ± 5,253 people
  3. China
    32,703 ± 4,434 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Ohio was India, the natal country of 66,106 Ohio residents, followed by Mexico with 45,962 and China with 32,703.

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Foreign-Born Population

10.9%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
4.9k people
13.9%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
6.18k people

As of 2024, 10.9% of Fairfield, OH residents (4.9k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Fairfield, OH was 13.9%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    719 ± 164
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    353 ± 150
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    301 ± 159

Fairfield, OH has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.04 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Fairfield, OH employs 23.2k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Fairfield, OH were Manufacturing (3,893 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (3,471 people), and Retail Trade (3,109 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($83,481), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($74,728), and Management of Companies & Enterprises ($66,500).

Employment

Occupations

23.2k
2024 Value
± 1,355
2.86%
1 Year growth
± 8.23%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Fairfield, OH grew at a rate of 2.86%, from 22.6k employees to 23.2k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Fairfield, OH, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (3,089 people), Sales & Related Occupations (2,297 people), and Production Occupations (2,208 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Fairfield, OH.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

23.2k
2024 Value
± 1,355
2.86%
1 Year growth
± 8.23%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Fairfield, OH grew at a rate of 2.86%, from 22.6k employees to 23.2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Fairfield, OH, are Manufacturing (3,893 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (3,471 people), and Retail Trade (3,109 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Fairfield, OH, though some of these residents may live in Fairfield, OH and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$48,978
Median earning men ± $3,068
$45,990
Median earning women ± $2,455

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($83,068), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($66,389), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($57,000).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($84,345), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($74,167), and Wholesale Trade ($65,625).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
1.48%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 5.51M people employed in Ohio. This represents a 1.48% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 15.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Ohio.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Ohio went to Donald J. Trump with 55.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43.9%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.489%).

Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted are the senators currently representing the state of Ohio. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Ohio is currently represented by 15 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Fairfield, OH. Showing the available data for Ohio.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (55.1%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (43.9%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Chase Oliver (0.489%)
    Libertarian Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Ohio went to Donald J. Trump with 55.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (43.9%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.489%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Ohio for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Ohio

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Bernie Moreno
Senator from Ohio1
Assumed office on January 3, 2025
Jon Husted
Senator from Ohio2
Assumed office on January 21, 2025
While elections for full class 3 terms will take place in 2028, Ohio will hold a special election in 2026 to elect a senator to complete the remainder of JD Vance's term.

Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted are the senators currently representing Ohio.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Ohio over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Fairfield, OH awarded 50 degrees. The student population of Fairfield, OH in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 7 male students and 82 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Fairfield, OH are Black or African American (27 and 54%), White (13 and 26%), and Asian (10 and 20%).

The largest universities in Fairfield, OH by number of degrees awarded are Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy (50 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Fairfield, OH are Other Cosmetology & Related Personal Grooming Arts (36 and 72%) and General Cosmetology (14 and 28%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 89 students enrolled in Fairfield, OH, 7.87% men and 92.1% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Black or African American with 34 records, of which 100% were women and 0% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Other Cosmetology & Related Personal Grooming Arts
Most Common
20 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Certificate of less than 1 academic year recipients in Fairfield, OH was Other Cosmetology & Related Personal Grooming Arts with 20 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Certificate of less than 1 academic year from schools in Fairfield, OH according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
50 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Moler-Pickens Beauty Academy with 50 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 0 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Fairfield, OH, which is 0 times less than the 50 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Black or African American students. These 27 degrees mean that there were 2.08 times more degrees awarded to Black or African American students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, White, with 13 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Fairfield, OH was $234,500 in 2024, which is 0.705 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $218,100 to $234,500, a 7.52% increase. The homeownership rate in Fairfield, OH is 63.2%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Fairfield, OH have an average commute time of 23.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Fairfield, OH is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$234,500
Median Property Value 2024
±$7,711
$11,644
Median Property Taxes
±$800

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Fairfield, OH the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Fairfield, OH compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

63.2%
Homeownership
2024
61.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 63.2% of the housing units in Fairfield, OH were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 61.4%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$77,937
Median Household Income
± $5,996
18.4k
Number of Households
± 1,213

In 2024, the median household income of the 18.4k households in Fairfield, OH grew to $77,937 from the previous year's value of $70,166.

The following chart displays the households in Fairfield, OH distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Fairfield, OH is from Ohio.
0.453
2023 Wage GINI in Ohio
0.456
2022 Wage GINI in Ohio

In 2023, the income inequality in Ohio was 0.453 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.645% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Ohio was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Ohio in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (75.5%)
  2. Carpooled (11.5%)
  3. Worked At Home (10.5%)

In 2024, 75.5% of workers in Fairfield, OH drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.5%) and those who worked at home (10.5%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

23.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Fairfield, OH have a shorter commute time (23.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2% of the workforce in Fairfield, OH have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Fairfield, OH distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Fairfield, OH have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

8.43% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Fairfield, OH (3.73k out of 44.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 25 - 34 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Fairfield, OH is White, followed by Black and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

91.7% of the population of Fairfield, OH has health coverage, with 54.3% on employee plans, 15.6% on Medicaid, 12.6% on Medicare, 8.59% on non-group plans, and 0.651% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Ohio see 1,328 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,328 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1535 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 286 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.8% were men and 50.2% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.1% under 18 years, 23.3% between 18 and 34 years, 36.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 17% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.8% were men and 50.2% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

8.31%
Uninsured
54.3%
Employer Coverage
15.6%
Medicaid
12.6%
Medicare
8.59%
Non-Group
0.651%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Fairfield, OH declined by 3.33% from 8.6% to 8.31%.

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