Fairview vs Sunol

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (10,033 vs 931 in Sunol). Sunol has the higher median household income ($182,250 vs $148,801 in Fairview). Sunol has the higher median home value ($1,514,900 vs $915,100 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Sunol
Population	10,033	931
Median age	45.8 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$148,801	$182,250
Median home value	$915,100	$1,514,900
Median gross rent	$2,665	$3,501
Housing units	3,521	347
Homeownership rate	79.2%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Sunol
Population	10,532 → 10,033 (-4.7%)	850 → 931 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$114,306 → $148,801 (+30.2%)	$129,231 → $182,250 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$641,700 → $915,100 (+42.6%)	$1,197,000 → $1,514,900 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,005 → $2,665 (+32.9%)	$1,606 → $3,501 (+118.0%)

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

Sunol

Population

850931

Median household income

$129,231$182,250

Median home value

$1,197,000$1,514,900

Median gross rent

$1,606$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Sunol
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.8%	20.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.9%
75 and over	9.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Sunol
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	66.9%
Black or African American	13.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	20.3%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Sunol
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	21.2%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Sunol
Drove alone	65.1%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.0%
Public transit	7.7%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	20.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Sunol
1-unit, detached	82.9%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Sunol
Poverty rate	2.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	40	36
Median year structure built	1972	1961