Outer Banks Times

Fairfield ranked 637th among cities in North Carolina by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Fairfield residents was an inflation-adjusted $15,862 per year. Fairfield had 79 households in 2017, with a population of 314.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Bald Head Island. Bald Head Island's median income was $71,458 per year after adjusting for inflation – $55,596 more than Fairfield. It had 130 households in 2017 and a population of 225.

Misenheimer had the lowest annual resident income among cities in North Carolina, with a median income of only $3,213 per year. That was $12,649 less than the median income in Fairfield at the time. Misenheimer had 111 households in 2017 and a population of 723.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Bald Head Island	71,458
2	Marvin	60,435
3	Biltmore Forest	55,769
4	Morrisville	53,412
5	Weddington	51,655
6	Oak Ridge	51,338
7	Walnut Creek	49,813
8	Hatteras	48,242
9	Cedar Rock	47,500
10	Cary	47,441
11	Westport	46,976
12	Apex	46,758
13	South Mills	45,625
14	Huntersville	45,513
15	Rolesville	45,455
16	Holly Springs	45,274
17	JAARS	45,156
18	Neuse Forest	45,074
19	Bridgeton	45,000
20	Moyock	44,120
21	Holden Beach	43,672
22	Deercroft	42,917
23	Vann Crossroads	42,837
24	Waxhaw	42,652
25	Seven Lakes	42,608
26	Halifax	42,500
27	Porters Neck	42,446
28	Cornelius	42,415
29	Summerfield	42,302
30	Wrightsville Beach	42,231
31	Alamance	42,143
32	Pinehurst	41,442
33	Ocean Isle Beach	41,250
34	Northlakes	41,087
35	Cedar Point	41,087
36	Wake Forest	40,986
37	Harrisburg	40,827
38	Whispering Pines	40,777
39	Red Oak	40,673
40	Rodanthe	40,577
41	Davidson	40,200
42	Cape Carteret	40,175
43	Rougemont	40,115
44	Bermuda Run	39,559
45	Caswell Beach	39,167
46	Southern Shores	38,975
47	Stallings	38,868
48	Winterville	38,831
49	Topsail Beach	38,558
50	Bent Creek	38,417
51	Bell Arthur	38,245
52	Stokesdale	38,081
53	Woodlawn	37,813
54	Emerald Isle	37,703
55	Fletcher	37,671
56	St. James	37,601
57	Brices Creek	37,193
58	Marshallberg	37,159
59	Swepsonville	37,070
60	Ogden	36,864
61	Washington Park	36,719
62	Pine Knoll Shores	36,694
63	Lake Park	36,586
64	Scotch Meadows	36,571
65	Knightdale	36,558
66	Stem	36,553
67	Wesley Chapel	36,533
68	Duck	36,481
69	Lake Lure	36,406
70	Indian Beach	36,406
71	Matthews	36,399
72	North Topsail Beach	36,354
73	Advance	36,288
74	Archer Lodge	36,283
75	Lewisville	36,265
76	Sims	36,094
77	Foxfire	35,978
78	Royal Pines	35,967
79	Grandfather	35,833
80	Flat Rock	35,682
81	Clemmons	35,458
82	Webster	35,250
83	Southmont	35,225
84	Forest Oaks	35,221
85	Indian Trail	35,220
86	Cashiers	35,192
87	Creedmoor	35,190
88	Gulf	35,143
89	Trent Woods	35,125
90	Minnesott Beach	35,074
91	Barker Ten Mile	34,981
92	Lowesville	34,892
93	Stedman	34,554
94	Lake Norman of Catawba	34,384
95	Kure Beach	34,297
96	Sea Breeze	34,219
97	Holly Ridge	34,102
98	Carolina Beach	34,042
99	Unionville	34,022
100	Rockfish	34,006

* All values are inflation-adjusted