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Fairfield, Connecticut, is a charming and thriving town featuring five miles of shoreline on the Long Island Sound. Fairfield has five town beaches, two universities, many parks and ball fields, two public golf courses, and a vibrant array of restaurants and stores. Family-oriented Fairfield also has top-notch, high performing public schools with rich academic programs.

Only 50 miles from New York City, Fairfield is easily accessible to I-95 and the Merritt Parkway and has three train stations on the Metro North line that extends from New Haven, Connecticut to New York’s Grand Central Terminal.

Fairfield is located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, between the cities of Bridgeport and Stamford, and its 59,000 residents are mostly well educated and fall into a high-income demographic. Consistently ranked in the top 100 in CNN/Money Magazine’s best towns in which to live, Fairfield, in 2006, was ranked as the number one town in the Northeast.

Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of 2020, the town had a population of 61,512. The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.

Local Market Update for August, 2023

Geography

The town is on the shore of the Long Island Sound. According to the United States Census Bureau, Fairfield has a total area of 31.3 square miles, of which 30.0 square miles is land and 1.3 sq miles, or 4.15%, is water. The Mill River, the waters of which feed Lake Mohegan, flows through the town.

Neighborhoods

Fairfield Center/Downtown Fairfield

Fairfield Beach

Fairfield Woods

Grasmere

Greenfield Hill

Lake Hills

Mill Plain

Murray

Sasco Hill and Beach

Southport

Stratfield Village

Tunxis Hill

Demographics

2010 Census: 59,404, with 20,457 households and 14,846 families.

Housing Units: 21,648.

Racial makeup: 91.6% White, 3.7% Asian, 1.8% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.2% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. 5.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of 20,457 households: 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living at home.

60.6% were married couples living together.

9.1% had a female householder with no husband present.

27.4% were non-families.

22.3% of all households were made up of individuals.

15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.19.

Population is made up of 25.4% under the age of 18; 11.1% from 18 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44; 27.4% from 45 to 64; and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

Median age: 40 years.

Median household income (as of 2021): $149,641.

Per capita income: $55,733.

Of the total population: 2.8% of those under the age of 18 and 3.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Recreational Facilities

South Benson Marina, 600 boat slips which residents can rent for the summer.

Lake Mohegan, waterfalls called The Cascades.

Fairfield Audubon Society/Bird Sanctuary.

Ye Yacht Yard. Boat launch, access to moorings in Southport Harbor, Community Sailing of Fairfield.

The “SportsPlex: Ice skating, indoor climbing, indoor soccer and gymnastics.

Education

Elementary Schools: (11): Burr, Dwight, Holland, Jennings, McKinley, Mill Hill, North Stratfield, Osborn Hill, Riverfield, Roger Sherman, Stratfield, Early Childhood Center.

11 public elementary schools.

Middle schools (3):

Roger Ludlowe.

Tomlinson.

Fairfield Woods.

High Schools (2):

Fairfield Warde.

Fairfield Ludlowe.

Fairfield has several Catholic schools, including 2 Catholic high schools: Fairfield Prep and Notre Dame, and 2 primary schools: St. Thomas Aquinas and Our Lady of the Assumption.

Non-religious private schools: Fairfield Country Day School, Unquowa School.

Fairfield is also home to two post-secondary institutions: Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University.

Transportation

Fairfield is traversed by U.S. 1, Interstate 95, and the Merritt Parkway. It has three Metro-North Railroad stations, Fairfield Metro, Fairfield and Southport. The town is served by several public bus lines of the Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority