Buttonwillow vs Fairfax

A side-by-side comparison of Buttonwillow and Fairfax: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairfax has the higher population (1,654 vs 1,251 in Buttonwillow). Fairfax has the higher median household income ($50,326 vs $35,417 in Buttonwillow). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($277,800 vs $215,200 in Buttonwillow).

Population, income & housing

	Buttonwillow	Fairfax
Population	1,251	1,654
Median age	25.2 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$50,326
Median home value	$215,200	$277,800
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,359
Housing units	409	503
Homeownership rate	34.9%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buttonwillow	Fairfax
Population	1,443 → 1,251 (-13.3%)	1,778 → 1,654 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$38,333 → $35,417 (-7.6%)	$68,047 → $50,326 (-26.0%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $215,200 (+78.3%)	$303,800 → $277,800 (-8.6%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,100 (+14.1%)	$938 → $1,359 (+44.9%)

Buttonwillow

Population

1,4431,251

Median household income

$38,333$35,417

Median home value

$120,700$215,200

Median gross rent

$964$1,100

Fairfax

Population

1,7781,654

Median household income

$68,047$50,326

Median home value

$303,800$277,800

Median gross rent

$938$1,359

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buttonwillow	Fairfax
Under 5	7.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	28.0%	28.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	5.0%	3.2%
75 and over	4.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buttonwillow	Fairfax
White (non-Hispanic)	12.2%	25.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	83.4%	74.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buttonwillow	Fairfax
No high school diploma	54.6%	50.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buttonwillow	Fairfax
Drove alone	82.8%	97.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buttonwillow	Fairfax
1-unit, detached	80.4%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Buttonwillow	Fairfax
Poverty rate	22.7%	27.2%
Average household size	3.33	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1970	1971