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Fairfax city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Fairfax city is a Census city of 2,900 people across 3.63 square miles of land, in Linn County. Median household income is $114,375, 92.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $280,000.
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Fairfax
What Fairfax is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.63 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land800
- County holding the largest share of its areaLinn 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.
Fairfax
How many people live in Fairfax
- Population2,900
- Median age38.5
- Population under 18807
- Share under 1827.8 percent
- Population 65 and over400 plus or minus 92
- Share 65 and over13.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households1,018
- Family households813
- Share of households that are families79.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfax
Income and work in Fairfax
- Median household income$114,375 plus or minus $23,877
- Per capita income$46,859
- Civilian labor force1,596
- Employed1,568
- Unemployed28 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over1,914
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfax
Housing in Fairfax
- Housing units1,046
- Occupied units1,018
- Vacant units28 plus or minus 33
- Vacancy rate2.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied941
- Renter occupied77 plus or minus 34
- Ownership rate92.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$274,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,366
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Single family units986
- Share single family94.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more60 plus or minus 36
- Share in buildings of two or more5.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2004
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfax
How Fairfax gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,207
- Commuting under 15 minutes289 plus or minus 110
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.9 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more270 plus or minus 94
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.4 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Drove alone73.9 percent
- Carpooled4.4 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home21.1 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfax
SBA 7(a) lending to Fairfax borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$280,000
- Average approval$70,000
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$100,000
- Largest approval$100,000
- Jobs supported16
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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.
Linn County, not Fairfax
Linn County context, not Fairfax figures
These are Linn County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fairfax measurements.
- Establishments in Linn County5,744
- Employment at those establishments, Linn County119,172
- Covered employment, Linn County125,917
- Average annual pay, Linn County$67,613
- Average weekly wage, Linn County$1,300
- Housing units permitted, Linn County1,024
- Of those, single family, Linn County443
- County product, 2024, Linn County$21,899,205,000
- County product change over the prior year, Linn County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Linn County$59,503
Every figure in this section is published for Linn County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fairfax. 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
Fairfax questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairfax, Iowa?
2,900, in 1,018 households. Fairfax city covers 3.63 square miles of land, which is 800 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fairfax in?
Linn 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 Fairfax?
$114,375. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $274,500. Median gross rent is $1,366 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fairfax businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $280,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $100,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fairfax, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fairfax borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fairfax. 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 Fairfax figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Linn 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 Fairfax.
Is zoning published for Fairfax?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.