Minnesota · Census place 2720222
Fairfax, Minnesota
Fairfax is a city in Renville County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,217 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 330th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,217
- #330 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -2.2%
- -27 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 929 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Fairfax population, 2020 to 2024
Fairfax lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Fairfax covers 1.31 square miles of land, for 929 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Fairfax is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fairfax is in
All of Fairfax's residents live in Renville County, which had 14,453 residents in 2024. Fairfax holds 8.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fairfax
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fairfax by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55332. 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 Fairfax is
The Census internal point of Fairfax is at 44.528300, -94.723000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 84.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sleepy Eye, MN (3,489 people), 15.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 77.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.528300, -94.723000
- DMS
- 44°31'41.88"N 94°43'22.80"W
- UTM
- 15N 363091.3E 4931996.5N
- Geohash
- 9zutkd0u4
- Plus code
- 86P7G7HG+8Q
Daylight in Fairfax
At 44.53° N, Fairfax gets about 15 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fairfax
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Sleepy Eye, 15.9 miles away, with 3,489 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fairfax, MN?
1,217 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (2.2%) from 1,244 in July 2020.
What county is Fairfax in?
Renville County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fairfax?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55332.
How far is Fairfax from Saint Paul?
84.8 miles (136.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Fairfax.
What is the nearest larger city to Fairfax?
Sleepy Eye, MN, with 3,489 residents, 15.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.