Demographics of Fairfield city, Alabama

Fairfield city, Alabama had 9,483 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −497 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Fairfield city, in four figures

9,483
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 9,728 ±21.; −5.0%
Change since July 2020: −497 people.; 30.3 ±2.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $48,456 ±$15,153
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Fairfield city, Alabama's population shrank 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Fairfield city, Alabama's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Fairfield city, Alabama's population shrank 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Fairfield city, Alabama's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	9,980	100.0	100.0
2021	9,827	98.5	100.2
2022	9,696	97.2	100.7
2023	9,601	96.2	101.6
2024	9,549	95.7	102.5
2025	9,483	95.0	103.1

Population of Fairfield city, Alabama on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	9,980	—
2021	9,827	−153
2022	9,696	−131
2023	9,601	−95
2024	9,549	−52
2025	9,483	−66

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 30.3 ±2.9: for men 29.0 ±3.8 and for women 30.7 ±4.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Fairfield city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Under 5	90 to 514	0.9% to 5.3%	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,220 ±478	22.8% ±4.9	16.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,380 ±402	14.2% ±4.1	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,409 ±544	24.8% ±5.6	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,666 ±337	17.1% ±3.5	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,751 ±289	18.0% ±3.0	17.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $48,456 ±$15,153, and income per person $25,155 ±$3,271, in 2024 dollars. The median is $63,999 ±$399 in Alabama and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Fairfield city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Alabama	United States
Under $25,000	1,196 ±391	31.9% ±10.0	19.7% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	697 ±224	18.6% ±5.7	20.3% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	674 ±199	18.0% ±5.1	16.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	249 to 797	6.8% to 21.2%	12.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	292 ±106	7.8% ±2.7	15.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	84 to 474	2.3% to 12.6%	7.4% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	31 to 135	0.8% to 3.6%	7.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Fairfield city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Alabama	United States
All ages	2,894 ±793	32.4% ±8.9	15.6% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,460 ±468	58.0% ±13.0	21.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,003 ±398	25.6% ±9.0	14.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	431 ±134	17.2% ±4.6	12.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Fairfield city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fairfield city	Alabama	United States
Housing units	4,731 ±360	2,337,265 ±430	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	79.1% ±4.2	85.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	20.9% ±4.7	14.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	59.0% ±6.5	70.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	41.0% ±8.8	29.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$129,300 ±$18,579	$209,900 ±$1,076	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,008 ±$326	$1,007 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1963 ±4	1986 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Fairfield city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Hispanic or Latino	0 to 57	0% to 0.6%	5.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	638 ±191	6.6% ±2.0	63.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	8,828 ±273	90.7% ±2.8	25.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.2%	1.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 9	0% to 0.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 54	0% to 0.6%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	29 to 397	0.3% to 4.1%	3.3% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Fairfield city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Born in the state	8,455 ±381	86.9% ±3.9	67.5% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,213 ±375	12.5% ±3.9	27.6% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	0 to 120	< 0.1% to 1.2%	4.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 76	0% to 0.8%	1.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 70	0% to 0.7%	2.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Fairfield city among the places of Alabama

72nd of 120 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Alabama page.

Places of Alabama near Fairfield city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Pike Road city	10,574 ±26
Rainbow City city	10,284 ±44
Valley city	10,277 ±36
Clay city	10,273 ±30
Forestdale CDP	9,742 ±1,102
Fairfield city	9,728 ±21
Southside city	9,483 ±76
Pleasant Grove city	9,442 ±30
Fultondale city	9,384 ±36
Sheffield city	9,340 ±21
Meadowbrook CDP	9,117 ±815

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Alabama by poverty rate
No. 8 Places by poverty rate
No. 14 Places in Alabama by median rent
No. 39 Places in Alabama by median household income
No. 46 Places in Alabama by homeownership rate
No. 70 Places in Alabama by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026