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Fairfield city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Fairfield city is a Census city of 4,561 people across 4.10 square miles of land, in Wayne County. Median household income is $41,989, 67.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $150,000.
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Fairfield
What Fairfield is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.1 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,113
- County holding the largest share of its areaWayne 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.
Fairfield
How many people live in Fairfield
- Population4,561
- Median age46.4
- Population under 18708 plus or minus 152
- Share under 1815.5 percent
- Population 65 and over1,156
- Share 65 and over25.3 percent
- Households2,314
- Family households1,195
- Share of households that are families51.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfield
Income and work in Fairfield
- Median household income$41,989
- Per capita income$35,775 plus or minus $9,056
- Civilian labor force2,092
- Employed2,037
- Unemployed55 plus or minus 45
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over3,420
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.5 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfield
Housing in Fairfield
- Housing units2,570
- Occupied units2,314
- Vacant units256 plus or minus 130
- Vacancy rate10.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Owner occupied1,564
- Renter occupied750 plus or minus 158
- Ownership rate67.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$88,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$585
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent
- Single family units1,921
- Share single family74.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more414 plus or minus 154
- Share in buildings of two or more16.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes235 plus or minus 81
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfield
How Fairfield gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,979
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,096
- Share commuting under 15 minutes55.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more531 plus or minus 148
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.8 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Drove alone84.0 percent
- Carpooled8.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home2.7 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfield
SBA 7(a) lending to Fairfield borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$150,000
- Average approval$150,000
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$150,000
- Largest approval$150,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term96 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 0 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.
Fairfield
Flood programme status in Fairfield
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170680
- Currently effective map date04/17/85(M)
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.
Wayne County, not Fairfield
Wayne County context, not Fairfield figures
These are Wayne 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 measurements.
- Establishments in Wayne County374
- Employment at those establishments, Wayne County3,561
- Covered employment, Wayne County4,064
- Average annual pay, Wayne County$42,917
- Average weekly wage, Wayne County$825
- Housing units permitted, Wayne County3
- Of those, single family, Wayne County3
- County product, 2024, Wayne County$679,422,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wayne County8.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wayne County$44,260
Every figure in this section is published for Wayne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fairfield. 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
Fairfield questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairfield, Illinois?
4,561, in 2,314 households. Fairfield city covers 4.10 square miles of land, which is 1,113 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fairfield in?
Wayne 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 Fairfield?
$41,989. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $88,800. Median gross rent is $585 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fairfield businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $150,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fairfield, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fairfield borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fairfield. only 0 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 Fairfield in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fairfield appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170680, 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 Fairfield figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wayne 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.
Is zoning published for Fairfield?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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