Texas · Census place 4825104
Fairfield, Texas
Fairfield is a city in Freestone County, Texas with an estimated 3,005 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 492nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,005
- #492 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +5.2%
- +149 people
- Land area
- 5.5 sq mi
- Density
- 550 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Fairfield population, 2020 to 2024
Fairfield added 149 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +35.
Fairfield covers 5.46 square miles of land, for 550 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Fairfield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fairfield is in
All of Fairfield's residents live in Freestone County, which had 20,645 residents in 2024. Fairfield holds 14.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fairfield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fairfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75840. 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 is
The Census internal point of Fairfield is at 31.717400, -96.170500. Austin, the capital, is 136.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Teague, TX (3,569 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 61.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.717400, -96.170500
- DMS
- 31°43'2.64"N 96°10'13.80"W
- UTM
- 14N 768127.0E 3512594.7N
- Geohash
- 9ves7tfz0
- Plus code
- 8635PR8H+XR
Daylight in Fairfield
At 31.72° N, Fairfield gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fairfield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Teague, 8.9 miles away, with 3,569 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fairfield, TX?
3,005 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 149 (5.2%) from 2,856 in July 2020.
What county is Fairfield in?
Freestone County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fairfield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75840.
How far is Fairfield from Austin?
136.3 miles (219.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Fairfield.
What is the nearest larger city to Fairfield?
Teague, TX, with 3,569 residents, 8.9 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.