Fairfield, Montana

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Fairfield is a town in Teton County, Montana, United States. The population was 659 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Fairfield is located at 47°36′55″N, 111°58′51″W (47.615250, -111.980859)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 659 people, 285 households, and 184 families residing in the town. The population density was 848.1/km² (2,170.7/mi²). There were 311 housing units at an average density of 400.3/km² (1,024.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.97% White, 0.91% Native American, 0.15% from other races, and 1.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.91% of the population.

There were 285 households out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the town the population was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $29,018, and the median income for a family was $34,896. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $18,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,255. About 7.7% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.0% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Fairfield is the Malting Barely Capital of the USA with 83,000 acres of irrigated cropland as well as 56,000 acres dryland farming.