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Fairfield city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Fairfield city is a Census city of 9,456 people across 6.61 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $51,311, 60.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.7 m.
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Fairfield
What Fairfield is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.61 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,430
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson 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
- Population9,456
- Median age40.0
- Population under 181,438
- Share under 1815.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,519
- Share 65 and over26.6 percent
- Households4,115
- Family households1,883
- Share of households that are families45.8 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$51,311 plus or minus $10,729
- Per capita income$36,189
- Civilian labor force4,502
- Employed3,971
- Unemployed531 plus or minus 299
- Unemployment rate11.8 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over7,025
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher52.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfield
Housing in Fairfield
- Housing units4,631
- Occupied units4,115
- Vacant units516 plus or minus 188
- Vacancy rate11.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied2,467
- Renter occupied1,648
- Ownership rate60.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$156,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$870
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.3 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Single family units3,302
- Share single family71.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,097 plus or minus 277
- Share in buildings of two or more23.7 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes232 plus or minus 153
- Median year structure built1964
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 commute2,967
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,280
- Share commuting under 15 minutes76.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more370 plus or minus 211
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.5 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Drove alone60.1 percent
- Carpooled4.8 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.0 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home25.0 percent plus or minus 6.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfield
SBA loans in Fairfield (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,732,500
- Average approval$288,750
- Median approval$227,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,030,000
- Largest approval$1,030,000
- Jobs supported20
- Jobs per approval3.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises16.7 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
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.
Fairfield
SBA loans in Fairfield (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,165,000
- Average approval$1,082,500
- Median approval$1,587,000
- Largest approval$1,587,000
- Jobs supported11
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Fairfield
Jefferson County context, not Fairfield figures
These are Jefferson 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 Jefferson County608
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County6,922
- Covered employment, Jefferson County7,185
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$53,535
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,030
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County1
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County1
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$911,305,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County-1.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$58,220
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson 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.
- 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 questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairfield, Iowa?
9,456, in 4,115 households. Fairfield city covers 6.61 square miles of land, which is 1,430 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?
Jefferson 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?
$51,311. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $156,000. Median gross rent is $870 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?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $1.7 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $227,500, plus 2 504 approvals worth $2.2 m. 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 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.
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 Jefferson 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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