Housing density: 223 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $231,294.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,472 (lower quartile is $1,211, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median gross rent in Fairfield, NJ in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Fairfield with a mortgage: 1,358 (40 second mortgage, 244 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 722
In family households: 645,040 (104,343 male householders, 84,996 female householders)
113,673 spouses, 245,726 children (232,723 natural, 5,793 adopted, 7,210 stepchildren), 20,627 grandchildren, 15,422 brothers or sisters, 11,923 parents, foster children, 19,910 other relatives, 22,762 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 115,157 (42,135 male householders (33,262 living alone)), 52,238 female householders (45,266 living alone)), 20,784 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 23,772 (12,126 institutionalized population)
108,634 married couples with children.
65,899 single-parent households (10,059 men, 55,840 women).
80.7% of residents of Fairfield speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
12.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 1,316 (17.4%)
(95.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Fairfield, New Jersey
311995 to March 2000
381990 to 1994
1041985 to 1989
541980 to 1984
811975 to 1979
1371970 to 1974
891965 to 1969
355Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 3,235 (37.2%)
Irish: 1,017 (11.7%)
Other: 978 (11.3%)
German: 977 (11.2%)
Polish: 515 (5.9%)
English: 262 (3.0%)
United States: 221 (2.5%)
Dutch: 168 (1.9%)
Greek: 149 (1.7%)
Czech: 125 (1.4%)
Russian: 119 (1.4%)
Ukrainian: 116 (1.3%)
Norwegian: 110 (1.3%)
Arab: 109 (1.3%)
Slovak: 96 (1.1%)
French Canadian: 90 (1.0%)
Hungarian: 87 (1.0%)
Scottish: 67 (0.8%)
French: 64 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (0.7%)
Swedish: 46 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 30 (0.3%)
Welsh: 21 (0.2%)
Danish: 15 (0.2%)
Swiss: 8 (0.09%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.07%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Italy
Fairfield:
15.2% (135)
New Jersey:
4.0% (58,395)
Poland
Fairfield:
9.2% (82)
New Jersey:
3.8% (55,466)
Greece
Fairfield:
6.5% (58)
New Jersey:
0.8% (12,403)
Canada
Fairfield:
5.5% (49)
New Jersey:
1.1% (16,333)
Germany
Fairfield:
4.8% (43)
New Jersey:
2.3% (33,531)
Brazil
Fairfield:
4.8% (43)
New Jersey:
1.5% (22,097)
United Kingdom
Fairfield:
4.3% (38)
New Jersey:
2.1% (30,355)
Hungary
Fairfield:
3.8% (34)
New Jersey:
0.5% (7,426)
Other Eastern Europe
Fairfield:
3.6% (32)
New Jersey:
1.2% (17,647)
Cuba
Fairfield:
3.6% (32)
New Jersey:
3.7% (55,241)
India
Fairfield:
3.3% (29)
New Jersey:
8.1% (119,497)
Austria
Fairfield:
3.0% (27)
New Jersey:
0.2% (3,548)
Lebanon
Fairfield:
2.7% (24)
New Jersey:
0.3% (4,774)
Yugoslavia
Fairfield:
2.5% (22)
New Jersey:
0.4% (5,697)
Honduras
Fairfield:
2.5% (22)
New Jersey:
1.3% (18,535)
Hong Kong
Fairfield:
2.4% (21)
New Jersey:
0.6% (8,266)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Fairfield:
2.2% (20)
New Jersey:
2.7% (40,092)
Other Western Europe
Fairfield:
2.1% (19)
New Jersey:
0.3% (3,919)
Ukraine
Fairfield:
1.9% (17)
New Jersey:
1.0% (14,768)
Iran
Fairfield:
1.9% (17)
New Jersey:
0.4% (5,220)
Taiwan
Fairfield:
1.7% (15)
New Jersey:
1.2% (18,066)
Turkey
Fairfield:
1.7% (15)
New Jersey:
0.7% (9,606)
Portugal
Fairfield:
1.6% (14)
New Jersey:
2.5% (37,183)
Ecuador
Fairfield:
1.6% (14)
New Jersey:
3.6% (53,482)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 5,125
Other state: 979
Northeast: 827
Midwest: 32
South: 106
West: 14
70% of Fairfield residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in New Jersey.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 9
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 46
7th and 8th grade: 51
9th grade: 17
10th grade: 70
11th grade: 38
12th grade, no diploma: 105
High school graduate (or equivalency): 718
Less than 1 year of college: 119
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 245
Associate degree: 73
Bachelor's degree: 575
Master's degree: 248
Professional school degree: 88
Doctorate degree: 8
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
