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Fairfield Bay city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Fairfield Bay city is a Census city of 2,515 people across 15.10 square miles of land, lying across Van Buren County and Cleburne County. Median household income is $56,594, 87.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Fairfield Bay
What Fairfield Bay is
- Census place typecity
- Land area15.1 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land167
- County holding the largest share of its areaVan Buren County, 83.4 percent
- Counties this place lies inVan Buren County 83.4 percent, Cleburne County 16.6 percent
Fairfield Bay city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfield Bay
How many people live in Fairfield Bay
- Population2,515
- Median age68.4
- Population under 18162 plus or minus 76
- Share under 186.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Population 65 and over1,476
- Share 65 and over58.7 percent
- Households1,525
- Family households839 plus or minus 184
- Share of households that are families55.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Fairfield Bay
- Median household income$56,594 plus or minus $12,128
- Per capita income$43,805
- Civilian labor force680 plus or minus 166
- Employed653 plus or minus 162
- Unemployed27 plus or minus 22
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over2,276
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fairfield Bay
- Housing units2,068
- Occupied units1,525
- Vacant units543 plus or minus 151
- Vacancy rate26.3 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Owner occupied1,326
- Renter occupied199 plus or minus 76
- Ownership rate87.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$164,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$838 plus or minus $219
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Single family units1,509
- Share single family73.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more436 plus or minus 132
- Share in buildings of two or more21.1 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Mobile homes123 plus or minus 95
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fairfield Bay gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute551 plus or minus 150
- Commuting under 15 minutes247 plus or minus 94
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.8 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more223 plus or minus 108
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.5 percent plus or minus 16.2
- Drove alone72.0 percent
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home15.6 percent plus or minus 8.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Van Buren County, not Fairfield Bay
Van Buren County context, not Fairfield Bay figures
These are Van Buren County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fairfield Bay measurements.
- Establishments in Van Buren County319
- Employment at those establishments, Van Buren County3,279
- Covered employment, Van Buren County3,804
- Average annual pay, Van Buren County$43,889
- Average weekly wage, Van Buren County$844
- Housing units permitted, Van Buren County16
- Of those, single family, Van Buren County16
- County product, 2024, Van Buren County$483,785,000
- County product change over the prior year, Van Buren County1.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Van Buren County$59,904
Every figure in this section is published for Van Buren County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fairfield Bay. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fairfield Bay questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas?
2,515, in 1,525 households. Fairfield Bay city covers 15.10 square miles of land, which is 167 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fairfield Bay in?
Fairfield Bay lies in more than one. By area it is 83.4 percent in Van Buren County, 16.6 percent in Cleburne County. This page sits under Van Buren County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Fairfield Bay?
$56,594. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $164,800. Median gross rent is $838 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Fairfield Bay figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Van Buren County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fairfield Bay.
Is zoning published for Fairfield Bay?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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