NW Missouri Times

22.8 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Fairfax in 2019, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

This number was 14.3 percent lower than the state average of 37.1 percent. In 2019 the total municipality population reached 673.

90 percent of the population had at least a high school diploma or the equivalent. The table below shows how many Fairfax residents who were at least 25 years old in 2019 held each of the listed degrees.

Degree	Number of people	Percentage of population
No degree	50	10
Regular high school diploma	222	44.4
GED or alternative credential	13	2.6
Some college, less than 1 year	36	7.2
Some college, 1 or more years, no degree	65	13
Associate's degree	34	6.8
Bachelor's degree	59	11.8
Master's degree	18	3.6
Professional school degree	0	0
Doctorate degree	3	0.6

*All data is for residents who were at least 25 years old in 2019.