Emeryville vs Fairview

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

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

Emeryville has the higher population (12,756 vs 10,033 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($148,801 vs $120,302 in Emeryville). Fairview has the higher median home value ($915,100 vs $598,300 in Emeryville).

Population, income & housing

	Emeryville	Fairview
Population	12,756	10,033
Median age	35.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$120,302	$148,801
Median home value	$598,300	$915,100
Median gross rent	$2,833	$2,665
Housing units	8,447	3,521
Homeownership rate	30.4%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emeryville	Fairview
Population	11,899 → 12,756 (+7.2%)	10,532 → 10,033 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$102,725 → $120,302 (+17.1%)	$114,306 → $148,801 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$489,400 → $598,300 (+22.3%)	$641,700 → $915,100 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,380 → $2,833 (+19.0%)	$2,005 → $2,665 (+32.9%)

Emeryville

Population

11,89912,756

Median household income

$102,725$120,302

Median home value

$489,400$598,300

Median gross rent

$2,380$2,833

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)

	Emeryville	Fairview
Under 5	3.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	4.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	33.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	20.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.7%
75 and over	4.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emeryville	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	35.1%
Black or African American	17.3%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	29.6%	20.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	2.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emeryville	Fairview
No high school diploma	2.2%	7.6%
High school graduate	5.7%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emeryville	Fairview
Drove alone	38.1%	65.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.0%
Public transit	11.5%	7.7%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	19.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emeryville	Fairview
1-unit, detached	6.4%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	71.3%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Emeryville	Fairview
Poverty rate	9.6%	2.3%
Average household size	1.67	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1987	1972