† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFairburyIllinoisUnited States
German33.4%16.1%12.5%
Irish15.6%10.6%9.4%
English11.1%6.9%9.5%
American5.8%3.3%5.3%
Italian5.2%5.4%4.8%
Polish3.3%6.0%2.2%
French2.2%0.7%1.6%
Dutch1.3%——
Mexican1.9%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%1.7%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fairbury
Illinois
United States
Median age
33.5
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.3%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fairbury
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$70,962
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
2.1%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.3%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fairbury
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.0%
24.1%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fairbury
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fairbury, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−46.1%
2008
−36.8%
2012
−47.6%
2016
−49.6%
2020
−52.6%
2024
−56.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
20.3%Harris376
77.2%Trump1,429
2.5%
R+56.9
R+4.3
R+55.4
1,851
R
22.7%Biden428
75.2%Trump1,421
2.1%
R+52.6
R+2.9
R+57.0
1,889
R
21.0%Clinton351
70.6%Trump1,181
8.4%
R+49.6
R+2.0
R+51.7
1,672
R
25.2%Obama416
72.8%Romney1,203
2.0%
R+47.6
R+10.8
R+51.5
1,652
R
30.5%Obama499
67.3%McCain1,102
2.3%
R+36.8
D+9.3
R+44.1
1,638
R
26.9%Kerry462
73.0%Bush1,254
0.1%
R+46.1
—
R+43.6
1,718
Fairbury anchors the agricultural core of Livingston County, where Republican margins in statewide races have consistently run well above state averages, reflecting the broader realignment of small-town downstate Illinois over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 56.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.9 points.
A population of 3,713, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,962 describe the city.
In 2024, Fairbury, Illinois voted Republican by 56.9 points (R+56.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,851 votes cast, 376 went Democratic and 1,429 went Republican.
How many people live in Fairbury, Illinois?
Fairbury, Illinois has a population of 3,713 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fairbury, Illinois?
Median household income in Fairbury, Illinois is $70,962 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Fairbury, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fairbury, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
