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.Fairdale is a blue-collar town, with 43.80% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Fairdale is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairdale who work in office and administrative support (19.40%), sales jobs (7.05%), and healthcare (4.13%). 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Fairdale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fairdale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The percentage of adults in Fairdale with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 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.
