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Fairdale, KY
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Fairdale profile


Living in Fairdale


Fairdale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 9,604 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fairdale is the 46th largest community in Kentucky.

Also of interest is that Fairdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Fairdale has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Fairdale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fairdale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fairdale may be for you.

The citizens of Fairdale are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.15% of adults in Fairdale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Fairdale in 2022 was $29,427, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,708 for a family of four. However, Fairdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fairdale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fairdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fairdale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.80% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fairdale include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.

Fairdale also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.15%.

The most common language spoken in Fairdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.