† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFairfieldAlabamaUnited States
African American†86.2%24.6%9.9%
African2.8%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.4%—0.2%
Jamaican0.4%—0.4%
American1.5%12.8%5.3%
English1.5%12.1%9.5%
Irish0.8%8.0%9.4%
German0.6%6.4%12.5%
Scottish0.3%2.0%1.3%
Italian0.3%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.2%1.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fairfield
Alabama
United States
Median age
30.3
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
14.2%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.1%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fairfield
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$48,456
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
32.4%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.4%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fairfield
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.4%
6.1%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fairfield
Alabama
United States
Catholic
—
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fairfield, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+90.0%
2008
+91.9%
2012
+94.0%
2016
+93.0%
2020
+92.6%
2024
+91.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
95.3%Harris3,725
4.0%Trump155
0.7%
D+91.4
R+1.2
D+92.8
3,907
D
95.8%Biden4,527
3.3%Trump154
0.9%
D+92.6
R+0.5
D+88.1
4,725
D
95.9%Clinton4,910
2.9%Trump148
1.2%
D+93.0
R+1.0
D+90.9
5,119
D
96.6%Obama5,400
2.6%Romney146
0.8%
D+94.0
D+2.1
D+90.2
5,589
D
95.6%Obama5,666
3.7%McCain219
0.7%
D+91.9
D+1.9
D+84.6
5,928
D
94.7%Kerry4,499
4.7%Bush223
0.6%
D+90.0
—
D+92.4
4,752
Fairfield, once anchored by U.S. Steel's Fairfield Works outside Birmingham, has lost more than two-thirds of its mid-century population. That contraction shapes a heavily Democratic electorate with persistently low absolute vote totals despite lopsided margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 91.4 points.
A population of 9,728, a 7% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,456 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Darby and Benton Harbor.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Fairfield, Alabama voted Democratic by 91.4 points (D+91.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,907 votes cast, 3,725 went Democratic and 155 went Republican.
How many people live in Fairfield, Alabama?
Fairfield, Alabama has a population of 9,728 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fairfield, Alabama?
Median household income in Fairfield, Alabama is $48,456 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Fairfield, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fairfield, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
