Fairfield

Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	14,968	100%
In households	14,862	99%
In group quarters	106	1%
RACE
White	14,171	95%
Negro	296	2%
Other races	47	0%
Indian	54	0%
Japanese	165	1%
Chinese	140	1%
Filipino	95	1%
SEX
Male	7,539	50%
Female	7,429	50%
AGE
Under 5 years	2,643	18%
5 to 17 years	3,825	26%
18 to 64 years	8,081	54%
65 years and over	419	3%
Median age	23	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	3,832	100%
With own children under 18	2,802	73%
Population per household	3	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units	4,496	100%
All occupied units	4,138	92%
Owner occupied	2,636	64%
Renter occupied	1,502	36%
Vacant	358	8%
Median value dollars	13,000	X
Median gross rent dollars	96	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	14,130	94%
Foreign born	838	6%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	5,766	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	6,987	100%
High school 4 years	2,803	40%
College 4 years or more	465	7%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	4,985	100%
Private automobile or car pool	4,412	89%
Railroad, subway or elevated	0	0%
Bus or streetcar	13	0%
Walked to work	305	6%
Other means	78	2%
Worked at home	62	1%
Not reported	115	2%
OCCUPATION
Employed	3,489	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	452	13%
Farmers and farm managers	16	1%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	418	12%
Clerical and kindred	699	20%
Sales	347	10%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	675	19%
Operatives and kindred	217	6%
Private household workers	40	1%
Service workers, except private household	351	10%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	4	0%
Laborers, except farm and mine	201	6%
Occupation not reported	69	2%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	333	10%