Albany vs Fairview

A side-by-side comparison of Albany and Fairview: population, income, housing, and more.

Albany and Fairview are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Albany has the higher population (19,768 vs 10,033 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($148,801 vs $135,927 in Albany). Albany has the higher median home value ($1,188,600 vs $915,100 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Fairview
Population	19,768	10,033
Median age	37.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$135,927	$148,801
Median home value	$1,188,600	$915,100
Median gross rent	$2,389	$2,665
Housing units	8,000	3,521
Homeownership rate	53.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.4%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Fairview
Population	19,804 → 19,768 (-0.2%)	10,532 → 10,033 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$95,400 → $135,927 (+42.5%)	$114,306 → $148,801 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$882,500 → $1,188,600 (+34.7%)	$641,700 → $915,100 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,856 → $2,389 (+28.7%)	$2,005 → $2,665 (+32.9%)

Albany

Population

19,80419,768

Median household income

$95,400$135,927

Median home value

$882,500$1,188,600

Median gross rent

$1,856$2,389

Fairview

Population

10,53210,033

Median household income

$114,306$148,801

Median home value

$641,700$915,100

Median gross rent

$2,005$2,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Fairview
Under 5	6.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.7%
75 and over	5.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	35.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	28.8%	20.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.4%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Fairview
No high school diploma	2.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	8.7%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Fairview
Drove alone	37.4%	65.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.0%
Public transit	16.3%	7.7%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.5%	19.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Fairview
1-unit, detached	50.1%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	17.9%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Fairview
Poverty rate	8.2%	2.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	1951	1972