Fairfield, TN

Census Place

2024 Population

351

US Senator

Marsha Blackburn

Republican Party

US Senator

Bill Hagerty

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

43.2

0.461% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

24.5%

24% 1-year decrease

2019 Median Household Income

$52,740

0.184% 1-year growth

2014 Median Property Value

Housing & Living

The median property value in Fairfield, TN was $24,100 in 2014, which is 0.0724 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2013 and 2014 the median property value increased from $24,200 to $24,100, a 0.413% decrease. The homeownership rate in Fairfield, TN is 34.6%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

Housing

Property

$24,100

Median Property Value 2014

±$106,476

$37

Median Property Taxes

±$64

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, TN the largest share of households pay taxes in the $2k - $3k range.

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

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$52,740

Median Household Income

± $35,373

107

Number of Households

± 105

In 2019, the median household income of the 107 households in Fairfield, TN grew to $52,740 from the previous year's value of $52,643.

The following chart displays the households in Fairfield, TN 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 $15k - $20k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Fairfield, TN is from Tennessee.

0.457

2024 Wage GINI in Tennessee

0.459

2023 Wage GINI in Tennessee

In 2024, the income inequality in Tennessee was 0.457 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.505% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Tennessee was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Tennessee in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Tennessee across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (73.4%)
Carpooled (26.6%)

In 2024, 73.4% of workers in Fairfield, TN drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (26.6%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

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.

Car Ownership

4 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Fairfield, TN distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Fairfield, TN have 4 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

24.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Fairfield, TN (86 out of 351 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 45 - 54, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 75+.

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

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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