Arkansas · Census place 0522660

Fairfield Bay, Arkansas

Fairfield Bay is a city in 2 counties of Arkansas with an estimated 2,171 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 129th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,171
#129 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+62 people
Land area
15.1 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
144 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Fairfield Bay. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Fairfield Bay population, 2020 to 2024

Fairfield Bay added 62 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

2,10920202,10720212,15720222,17020232,1712024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,109. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fairfield Bay covers 15.10 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 144 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Fairfield Bay is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Fairfield Bay spans

Fairfield Bay crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,171 residents as follows; Van Buren County holds 92.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Van Buren County2,003
  2. 02Cleburne County168
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Fairfield Bay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fairfield Bay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72088. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fairfield Bay is

The Census internal point of Fairfield Bay is at 35.601100, -92.266200. Little Rock, the capital, is 59.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clinton, AR (2,501 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 60.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.601100, -92.266200
DMS
35°36'3.96"N 92°15'58.32"W
UTM
15N 566467.7E 3939953.9N
Geohash
9yq6s2vz3
Plus code
8679JP2M+CG

Daylight in Fairfield Bay

At 35.60° N, Fairfield Bay gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fairfield Bay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 10.8 miles away, with 2,501 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fairfield Bay, AR?

2,171 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 62 (2.9%) from 2,109 in July 2020.

What county is Fairfield Bay in?

It spans 2 counties: Van Buren County (2,003 residents), Cleburne County (168 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Fairfield Bay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 72088.

How far is Fairfield Bay from Little Rock?

59.0 miles (95.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Fairfield Bay.

What is the nearest larger city to Fairfield Bay?

Clinton, AR, with 2,501 residents, 10.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.