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Fairbury city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Fairbury city is a Census city of 3,713 people across 1.84 square miles of land, in Livingston County. Median household income is $70,962, 68.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $40,000.
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Fairbury
What Fairbury is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.84 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,017
- County holding the largest share of its areaLivingston County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairbury
How many people live in Fairbury
- Population3,713
- Median age33.5
- Population under 181,074 plus or minus 261
- Share under 1828.9 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Population 65 and over754 plus or minus 179
- Share 65 and over20.3 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households1,502
- Family households1,123
- Share of households that are families74.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairbury
Income and work in Fairbury
- Median household income$70,962 plus or minus $14,527
- Per capita income$36,941
- Civilian labor force1,728
- Employed1,712
- Unemployed16 plus or minus 27
- Unemployment rate0.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over2,385
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairbury
Housing in Fairbury
- Housing units1,615
- Occupied units1,502
- Vacant units113 plus or minus 107
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied1,025
- Renter occupied477 plus or minus 139
- Ownership rate68.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$162,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$776
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.1 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Single family units1,238
- Share single family76.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more359 plus or minus 161
- Share in buildings of two or more22.2 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Mobile homes18 plus or minus 31
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairbury
How Fairbury gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,493
- Commuting under 15 minutes779 plus or minus 205
- Share commuting under 15 minutes52.2 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more193 plus or minus 99
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Drove alone81.8 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home9.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairbury
SBA loans in Fairbury (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$40,000
- Average approval$40,000
- Median approval$40,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$40,000
- Largest approval$40,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fairbury
Flood risk in Fairbury
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170424
- Currently effective map date12/18/07
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Livingston County, not Fairbury
Livingston County context, not Fairbury figures
These are Livingston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fairbury measurements.
- Establishments in Livingston County826
- Employment at those establishments, Livingston County10,906
- Covered employment, Livingston County13,762
- Average annual pay, Livingston County$56,455
- Average weekly wage, Livingston County$1,086
- Housing units permitted, Livingston County53
- Of those, single family, Livingston County47
- County product, 2024, Livingston County$2,894,929,000
- County product change over the prior year, Livingston County7.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Livingston County$46,851
Every figure in this section is published for Livingston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fairbury. 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.
- 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
Fairbury questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairbury, Illinois?
3,713, in 1,502 households. Fairbury city covers 1.84 square miles of land, which is 2,017 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fairbury in?
Livingston County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fairbury?
$70,962. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $162,200. Median gross rent is $776 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fairbury businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $40,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $40,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fairbury, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fairbury borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fairbury. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Fairbury in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fairbury appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170424, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fairbury figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Livingston 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 Fairbury.
Is zoning published for Fairbury?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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