Fairfield

About Fairfield

Fairfield Township is a township in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland-Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes and which constitutes a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,546, a decrease of 749 (−11.9%) from the 2010 census count of 6,295, which in turn reflected an increase of 12 (+0.2%) from the 6,283 counted in the 2000 census.

Fairfield Township was formed by royal charter on May 12, 1697, from portions of the Cohansey Township area, while still part of Salem County, and was formed as a precinct in the newly created Cumberland County on January 19, 1748. It was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of the initial group of 104 townships in the state by an act of the New Jersey Legislature. Portions of the township were taken to form Downe Township (September 26, 1772), Millville Township (February 24, 1801) and Lawrence Township (February 17, 1885).

The name Fairfield refers to its original settlers, who were émigrés from Fairfield, Connecticut who settled in the area in 1697. The oldest Presbyterian church in South Jersey is said to date to June 1697. There is a plaque and an old cemetery which indicates the original log building. When it was first created as one of Cumberland County's original six townships, it included land that would later become Commercial Township, Downe Township, Lawrence Township and Millville.

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Living in Fairfield

Median household income

$60,929

Median home value

$185,200

Median rent

$1,338/mo

Median age

37.8

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Fairfield, NJ population

Fairfield had 5,546 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Fairfield at a glance

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Towns near Fairfield

• Fairton1.6 mi E
• Cedarville2.7 mi SE
• Dutch Neck2.9 mi NW
• Lawrence3.9 mi SE
• Gouldtown3.9 mi NE
• Bridgeton4.0 mi N
• Sheppards Mill4.9 mi NW
• West Park4.9 mi N
• Hopewell5.1 mi NW
• Centre Grove5.5 mi E
• Sunset Lake5.5 mi N
• Lakeside-Beebe Run5.5 mi N

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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