Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Fairfield run?
Fairfield’s city government spent $2,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $18 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Fairfield didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Fairfield is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Nelson County School District
Fairfield’s K–12 school district, shared with Bloomfield, New Haven, Bardstown. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,226 per pupil, $8,694 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Kentucky districts overall: 37% local, 46% state, 17% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $18 per resident a year, or $0.05 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 100%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Fairfield collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
Fairfield didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Fairfield yet
Every year of Fairfield’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Fairfield
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Fairfield’s votes are counted by county
Kentucky reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Fairfield alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Nelson County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican70.2%16,052 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat28.5%6,515 votesOthers: 1.2% (285 votes).
Most votes in Nelson County: Donald J Trump
Kentucky: Trump 64.5%, Harris 33.9%
100% of Fairfield lies in Nelson County. Every 2024 race in Nelson County is on the county’s page.
Nelson County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Fairfield.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kentucky HouseState representatives
- 3Kentucky SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kentucky
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Fairfield’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Fairfield’s government
How much does Fairfield spend per resident?
About $18 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Fairfield didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $2,000.
Who runs Fairfield’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Fairfield yet.
How did Fairfield vote in 2024?
Kentucky counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Fairfield alone. Nelson County, where 100% of Fairfield lies, voted Trump 70.2%, Harris 28.5% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Fairfield?
0 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $511 (about $6,132 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Fairfield in the state legislature?
State Senate District 14 (Jimmy Higdon) and State House District 50 (Candy Massaroni). The House district also covers three neighboring towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Fairfield, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →