Fairfield - Rockford is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,529 people and just one neighborhood, Fairfield - Rockford is the 167th largest community in Washington. Much of the housing stock in Fairfield - Rockford was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fairfield - Rockford is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fairfield - Rockford is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairfield - Rockford who work in office and administrative support (14.20%), management occupations (11.07%), and sales jobs (9.32%).
One downside of living in Fairfield - Rockford is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fairfield - Rockford, the average commute to work is 33.08 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. However, it is a pedestrian-friendly town. Many of Fairfield - Rockford’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
The overall education level of Fairfield - Rockford is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.85% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Fairfield - Rockford in 2022 was $36,199, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,796 for a family of four. However, Fairfield - Rockford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fairfield - Rockford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairfield - Rockford residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fairfield - Rockford include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Fairfield - Rockford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Fairfield - Rockford, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 10 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 3.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 95.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fairfield - Rockford are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.4%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Fairfield - Rockford, WA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.3%), and residents who report English roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (81.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.