Fairhaven vs Orick

A side-by-side comparison of Fairhaven and Orick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairhaven has the higher population (314 vs 301 in Orick). Fairhaven has the higher median household income ($79,453 vs $43,250 in Orick). Fairhaven has the higher median home value ($421,900 vs $417,900 in Orick).

Population, income & housing

	Fairhaven	Orick
Population	314	301
Median age	54.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,453	$43,250
Median home value	$421,900	$417,900
Median gross rent	$1,606	$735
Housing units	146	183
Homeownership rate	51.8%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairhaven	Orick
Population	177 → 314 (+77.4%)	389 → 301 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$43,393 → $79,453 (+83.1%)	$37,031 → $43,250 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$304,300 → $421,900 (+38.6%)	$241,700 → $417,900 (+72.9%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,606 (+66.8%)	$779 → $735 (-5.6%)

Fairhaven

Population

177314

Median household income

$43,393$79,453

Median home value

$304,300$421,900

Median gross rent

$963$1,606

Orick

Population

389301

Median household income

$37,031$43,250

Median home value

$241,700$417,900

Median gross rent

$779$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairhaven	Orick
Under 5	0.6%	8.3%
5 to 17	3.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	20.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	25.2%
35 to 44	5.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	27.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	20.1%	19.3%
75 and over	1.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairhaven	Orick
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	51.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	6.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.6%	32.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairhaven	Orick
No high school diploma	21.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	12.3%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairhaven	Orick
Drove alone	59.3%	58.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	28.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairhaven	Orick
1-unit, detached	87.0%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairhaven	Orick
Poverty rate	10.6%	20.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1953	1957