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Population (year 2000): 486. Estimated
population in July 2005: 511 (+5.1% change)
Males: 226 (46.5%), Females: 260 (53.5%)
Zip code:
17320
Median resident age: 44.7 years
Median household income: $31,053 (year 2000)
Median house value: $99,800 (year 2000)
Races in Fairfield:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (39.9%), Irish (18.5%),
United States (10.9%), English (6.6%), Scotch-Irish (4.7%),
French (2.5%).
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fairfield
- High school or higher: 81.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
- Unemployed: 0.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fairfield borough
- Never married: 14.8%
- Now married: 61.3%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 13.5%
- Divorced: 8.9%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -73 (-13.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Fairfield:
- GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA)
- WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; WAYNESBORO, PA)
- CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; CHAMBERSBURG,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Fairfield:
- HAGERSTOWN REGIONAL-RICHARD A HENSON FLD (about 25
miles; HAGERSTOWN, MD; ID: HGR)
- HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL (about 51 miles;
HARRISBURG, PA; ID: MDT)
- WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL (about 59 miles;
WASHINGTON, DC; ID: IAD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fairfield:
- MID ATLANTIC SOARING CENTER (about 3 miles;
FAIRFIELD, PA; ID: W73)
- SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY (about 8 miles; GETTYSBURG,
PA; ID: P98)
- GETTYSBURG AIRPORT AND TRAVEL CENTER (about 8 miles;
GETTYSBURG, PA; ID: W05)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fairfield:
- GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 11 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,216)
- SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 21
miles; SHIPPENSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,330)
- FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles;
FREDERICK, MD; FT enrollment: 2,407)
- WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE (about 31 miles;
WESTMINSTER, MD; FT enrollment: 2,245)
- DICKINSON COLLEGE (about 31 miles; CARLISLE, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,098)
- MESSIAH COLLEGE (about 37 miles; GRANTHAM, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,761)
- SHEPHERD COLLEGE (about 40 miles; Shepherdstown, WV;
FT enrollment: 3,576)
Public high school in Fairfield:
- FAIRFIELD AREA HS (Students: 424; Grades: 09
- 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Fairfield:
- FAIRFIELD AREA EL SCH (Students: 467; Grades:
KG - 04)
- FAIRFIELD AREA MS (Students: 436; Grades: 05
- 08)
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