About Fairland

Fairland is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 4,681 people and just one neighborhood, Fairland is the 135th largest community in Indiana.

When you are in Fairland, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.1% of Fairland's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Fairland is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairland who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.01%), management occupations (9.69%), and sales jobs (8.16%).

Also of interest is that Fairland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Fairland is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Fairland really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Fairland perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Fairland is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Fairland, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.82% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

In Fairland, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day even though Fairland is a relatively small town. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Fairland Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Fairland rank slightly lower than the national average. 12.20% of adults 25 and older in Fairland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Fairland in 2000 was $20,956, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,824 for a family of four.

The people who call Fairland home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fairland is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fairland include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Fairland is English.