Fairfield
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Outdoors in Fairfield
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c. 1869
R.R. Bridge, Fairfield, Me, c. 1869
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About Fairfield
Town in Maine, United StatesFairfield is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,484 at the 2020 census. The town includes Fairfield Center, Fairfield village and Hinckley, and borders the city of Waterville to the south. It is home to the Good Will-Hinckley School, Lawrence High School and Kennebec Valley Community College.
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How Fairfield ranks
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Housing in Fairfield
The typical Fairfield home is worth about $238,000, up 1.2% in a year, 43% below the Maine typical home.
Safety in Fairfield
Safety Grade B-
Fairfield reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 53% report less.
Schools in Fairfield
All Fairfield schools →School Grade C
The public schools Fairfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 69% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within ME. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Fairfield is
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