Fairview vs Piedmont

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

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

Piedmont has the higher population (11,012 vs 10,033 in Fairview). Piedmont has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $148,801 in Fairview). Piedmont has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $915,100 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Piedmont
Population	10,033	11,012
Median age	45.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$148,801	$250,001
Median home value	$915,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,665	$3,501
Housing units	3,521	3,926
Homeownership rate	79.2%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	86.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Piedmont
Population	10,532 → 10,033 (-4.7%)	11,317 → 11,012 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$114,306 → $148,801 (+30.2%)	$224,659 → $250,001 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$641,700 → $915,100 (+42.6%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,005 → $2,665 (+32.9%)	$3,229 → $3,501 (+8.4%)

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

Piedmont

Population

11,31711,012

Median household income

$224,659$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,229$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Piedmont
Under 5	4.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	5.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	18.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.2%
75 and over	9.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	65.8%
Black or African American	13.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	20.3%	22.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Piedmont
No high school diploma	7.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	21.2%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	51.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Piedmont
Drove alone	65.1%	44.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.2%
Public transit	7.7%	10.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.4%	35.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	82.9%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Piedmont
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	40	31
Median year structure built	1972	1938