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Population (year 2000): 3,094. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,508 (+13.4% change)
Males: 1,485 (48.0%), Females: 1,609 (52.0%)
Freestone County
Zip code:
75840
Median resident age: 37.2 years
Median household income: $28,636 (year 2000)
Median house value: $54,800 (year 2000)
Races in Fairfield:
- White Non-Hispanic (66.5%)
- Black (21.4%)
- Hispanic (10.5%)
- Other race (4.7%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (15.7%), German
(7.0%), English (5.8%), Irish (5.2%), French (1.9%), Subsaharan
African (1.4%).
Elevation: 474 feet
Land area: 4.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fairfield
- High school or higher: 75.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
- Unemployed: 3.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fairfield city
- Never married: 19.7%
- Now married: 54.7%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 12.5%
- Divorced: 11.9%
6.6% Foreign born (6.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -153 (-4.7%).
Hospital/medical center in Fairfield:
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - FAIRFIELD (125
NEWMAN ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Fairfield:
- PARKVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; MEXIA,
TX)
- LIMESTONE MEDICAL CENTER (about 29 miles; GROESBECK,
TX)
- NAVARRO REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 32 miles;
CORSICANA, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Fairfield:
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 68 miles; TYLER, TX; ID:
TYR)
- WACO REGIONAL (about 74 miles; WACO, TX; ID: ACT)
- EASTERWOOD FIELD (about 80 miles; COLLEGE STATION,
TX; ID: CLL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fairfield:
- TEAGUE MUNI (about 11 miles; TEAGUE, TX; ID: 68F)
- MEXIA-LIMESTONE CO (about 25 miles; MEXIA, TX; ID:
LXY)
- C DAVID CAMPBELL FIELD-CORSICANA MUNI (about 26
miles; CORSICANA, TX; ID: CRS)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fairfield:
- NAVARRO COLLEGE (about 32 miles; CORSICANA, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,842)
- TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles;
ATHENS, TX; FT enrollment: 2,858)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-WACO (about 65 miles;
WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,218)
- BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (about 68 miles; WACO, TX; FT
enrollment: 13,183)
- MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles; WACO,
TX; FT enrollment: 3,658)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 73 miles;
TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; COLLEGE
STATION, TX; FT enrollment: 41,117)
Public high school in Fairfield:
- FAIRFIELD H S (Students: 516; Location: 631
POST OAK RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Fairfield:
- FAIRFIELD EL (Students: 636; Location: 330 W
MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 04)
- FAIRFIELD J H (Students: 525; Location: 701
POST OAK RD; Grades: 05 - 08)
- FREESTONE NAVARRO ALTER (Location: 615 POST
OAK RD; Grades: KG - 12)
Library in Fairfield:
- FAIRFIELD LIBRARY (Operating income: $42,212;
Location: 350 W MAIN ST; 24,793 books; 666 audio
materials; 735 video materials; 37 serial subscriptions)
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