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Population (year 2000): 5,421. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,230 (-3.5% change)
Males: 2,444 (45.1%), Females: 2,977 (54.9%)
Zip code:
62837
Median resident age: 42.8 years
Median household income: $25,797 (year 2000)
Median house value: $46,300 (year 2000)
Races in Fairfield:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (20.1%), German
(14.4%), English (14.2%), Irish (8.1%), French (2.5%),
Scotch-Irish (1.6%).
Land area: 3.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fairfield
- High school or higher: 73.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
- Unemployed: 7.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fairfield city
- Never married: 15.4%
- Now married: 55.4%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 14.2%
- Divorced: 13.0%
2.3% Foreign born (1.2% Asia, 0.5% Latin
America, 0.5% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -149 (-2.7%).
Hospital/medical center in Fairfield:
- FAIRFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (N W 11TH ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Fairfield:
- CLAY COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; FLORA, IL)
- HAMILTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles;
MCLEANSBORO, IL)
- CORNERSTONE HEALTHCARE OF IL INC (about 25 miles;
CARMI, IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Fairfield:
- MOUNT VERNON (about 34 miles; MOUNT VERNON, IL; ID:
MVN)
- WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL (about 62 miles; MARION,
IL; ID: MWA)
- EVANSVILLE REGIONAL (about 64 miles; EVANSVILLE, IN;
ID: EVV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fairfield:
- FAIRFIELD MUNI (about 3 miles; FAIRFIELD, IL; ID:
FWC)
- FLORA MUNI (about 20 miles; FLORA, IL; ID: FOA)
- CARMI MUNI (about 27 miles; CARMI, IL; ID: CUL)
College/University in Fairfield:
- ILLINOIS EASTERN COMMUNITY COLL-FRONTIER COMM
COLL (Full-time enrollment: 640; Location: FRONTIER
DR; Public; Website: www.iecc.cc.il.us/fcc)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fairfield:
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA (about 58 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; Full-time enrollment: 7,510)
- VINCENNES UNIVERSITY (about 63 miles; VINCENNES, IN;
FT enrollment: 6,201)
- UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE (about 64 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,440)
- JOHN A LOGAN COLLEGE (about 66 miles; CARTERVILLE,
IL; FT enrollment: 4,255)
- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-CARBONDALE (about 74
miles; CARBONDALE, IL; FT enrollment: 19,742)
- TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY-TRINITY COLLEGE (about
75 miles; NEWBURGH, IN; FT enrollment: 2,986)
- LAKE LAND COLLEGE (about 76 miles; MATTOON, IL; FT
enrollment: 3,666)
Public high school in Fairfield:
- FAIRFIELD COMM HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 512;
Location: 300 W KING ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Fairfield:
- CENTER STREET ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 410;
Location: 200 W CENTER ST; Grades: PK - 08)
- NORTH SIDE ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 209;
Location: 806 N 1ST ST; Grades: KG - 03)
- JASPER ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 178; Location:
R R 3 BOX 473; Grades: KG - 08)
- NEW HOPE ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 165;
Location: R R 4 BOX243; Grades: KG - 08)
- MERRIAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 88;
Location: R R 2 BOX 546; Grades: KG - 08)
Library in Fairfield:
- FAIRFIELD P.L. (Operating income: $426,934;
Location: 300 S E SECOND STREET; 33,730 books; 480 audio
materials; 875 video materials; 84 serial subscriptions)
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