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Fairfield, ME
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Living in Fairfield



Fairfield is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 6,540 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fairfield is the 50th largest community in Maine.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.46% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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!) Fairfield 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. Fairfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fairfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fairfield may be for you.

Fairfield is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of adults in Fairfield with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.84% of adults in Fairfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fairfield in 2022 was $31,452, which is lower middle income relative to Maine, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,808 for a family of four. However, Fairfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Fairfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fairfield include Irish, English, French, French Canadian, and German.

The most common language spoken in Fairfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.