City safety & data profile

FairfieldAL

Fairfield, AL is a 11K-resident city in Jefferson County with a median household income of $48,456.

Jefferson County, Alabama. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fairfield, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fairfield has a population larger than 6% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $129,300.

Data updated 2026-09-03

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 7%
By size
$48,456
Median income (place)
$129,300
Median home (place)
32.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Fairfield

Fairfield posts a median household income higher than 7% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 8%
by median income, US cities

Where Fairfield income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$48,456 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fairfield $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AL

Population among 65 AL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Huntsville is the largest AL city on this list; Mountain Brook leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AL

Median household income among the same 65-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Mountain Brook posts the highest place-level median income in AL; Huntsville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Fairfield, AL beyond the headline numbers

Fairfield sits inside Jefferson County, Alabama, at roughly 33.49°N, -86.91°W. Population 10,907, $48,456 median household income. Median home value $129,300, median rent $1,008. Poverty rate 32.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

32.4% of Fairfield, AL residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Fairfield runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 11% of Fairfield workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 6.2% in Fairfield, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Fairfield workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Fairfield's median age is 30.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fairfield from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,907
Fairfield · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$48,456
-46% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$129,300
-69% vs avg
Median Age (place)
30.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Jefferson County): Fairfield's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
668K+1%
Median Income
$66,388+46%
Median Home Value
$240,000+70%
Poverty Rate
15.7%-13%
Unemployment
4.7%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fairfield, AL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,008/mo
Poverty Rate
32.4% +161% vs avg
Unemployment 6.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 25.4%
Work From Home 11%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 6.7%
African American 90.7%
Asian 0.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
53.4%
Obesity
46.6%
Short Sleep Duration
45.5%
Physical Inactivity
37.6%
Diabetes
22.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.8%
Current Smoking
17.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Current Asthma
11.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 49.5%
Annual Checkup 84.8%

Other Measures

Binge Drinking
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
8%
Stroke
6.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Fairfield?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fairfield right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet AL-FAIRFIELD-AL · Fairfield

Fairfield: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Fairfield

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Fairfield.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Fairfield; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Alabama state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Fairfield, AL? ▼
Fairfield, AL has a population of 10,907 people, located in Jefferson County, Alabama.
What is the median household income in Fairfield? ▼
The median household income in Fairfield, AL is $48,456 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 32.4%.
What is the median home value in Fairfield? ▼
The median home value in Fairfield, AL is $129,300. Median rent is $1,008/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fairfield? ▼
The top health indicators in Fairfield include High Blood Pressure (53.4%), Obesity (46.6%), Short Sleep Duration (45.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Fairfield? ▼
The median age in Fairfield, AL is 30.3 years. 25.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fairfield, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AL (32.4% here).

Florida City, FL 32.4% Abbeville, LA 32.4% Atlantic City, NJ 32.3% Rexburg, ID 32.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AL ($48,456 here).

Lebanon, PA $48,456 York, PA $48,420 Wilkes-Barre, PA $48,515 Shelby, NC $48,376

Compare Fairfield with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Pleasant Grove, AL 10K Forestdale, AL 10K Hueytown, AL 16K Bessemer, AL 27K Homewood, AL 26K Birmingham, AL 196K Hoover, AL 85K Vestavia Hills, AL 34K
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Using Fairfield's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Fairfield area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Fairfield against Alabama peers on any ranking lens. Explore Alabama

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Jefferson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.