Fairmead is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
in
Madera County
Madera County (), officially the County of Madera, is a county at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 156,255. The county seat is Madera.
Madera County comprises the Madera, CA Metr ...
,
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
, United States.
It is located northwest of
Madera,
at an elevation of ,
and bordered to the northwest by
Chowchilla
The chowchilla (''Orthonyx spaldingii'') is a passerine bird in the family Orthonychidae. It is endemic to Australia.
Taxonomy
In their 1999 study, Schodde and Mason recognise two adjoining subspecies, ''O. s. spaldingii'' and ''O. s. melas ...
. The population was 1,235 at the 2020 census.
A post office operated at Fairmead from 1913 to 1940.
The community is impacted by the
California High-Speed Rail
California High-Speed Rail (also known as CAHSR or CHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system currently under construction in California in the United States. Planning for the project began in 1996, when the California Legislature and Gover ...
, as the planned route will dislocate residents.
Demographics
At the
2010 census Fairmead had a population of 1,447. The population density was . The racial makeup of Fairmead was 764 (52.8%) White, 88 (6.1%) African American, 23 (1.6%) Native American, 7 (0.5%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 497 (34.3%) from other races, and 68 (4.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 984 people (68.0%).
The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 360 households, 192 (53.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 216 (60.0%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 55 (15.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 24 (6.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 29 (8.1%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 49 households (13.6%) were one person and 20 (5.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.02. There were 295 families (81.9% of households); the average family size was 4.34.
The age distribution was 496 people (34.3%) under the age of 18, 163 people (11.3%) aged 18 to 24, 371 people (25.6%) aged 25 to 44, 311 people (21.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 106 people (7.3%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 29.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.0 males.
There were 404 housing units at an average density of 48.3 per square mile, of the occupied units 205 (56.9%) were owner-occupied and 155 (43.1%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.3%. 770 people (53.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 677 people (46.8%) lived in rental housing units.
Education
Chowchilla School District
Chowchilla Elementary School District is a public school district based in Madera County, California.
It feeds into Chowchilla Union High School District, which operates Chowchilla Union High School
Chowchilla Union High School is a public hig ...
and
Chowchilla Union High School District
Chowchilla Union High School District (CUHSD) is a school district headquartered in Chowchilla, California. It operates Chowchilla Union High School and the continuation school Gateway. Its feeder elementary districts are Alview-Dairyland Union Sc ...
serve residents of the community.
Notable people
*
Bob Helm, jazz clarinetist
References
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Census-designated places in Madera County, California
Census-designated places in California