Fairfax vs Lost Hills

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

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

Lost Hills has the higher population (1,861 vs 1,654 in Fairfax). Fairfax has the higher median household income ($50,326 vs $42,333 in Lost Hills). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($277,800 vs $169,900 in Lost Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Lost Hills
Population	1,654	1,861
Median age	32.1 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,326	$42,333
Median home value	$277,800	$169,900
Median gross rent	$1,359	$839
Housing units	503	533
Homeownership rate	65.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Lost Hills
Population	1,778 → 1,654 (-7.0%)	1,726 → 1,861 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$68,047 → $50,326 (-26.0%)	$34,875 → $42,333 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$303,800 → $277,800 (-8.6%)	$126,600 → $169,900 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,359 (+44.9%)	$694 → $839 (+20.9%)

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

Lost Hills

Population

1,7261,861

Median household income

$34,875$42,333

Median home value

$126,600$169,900

Median gross rent

$694$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Lost Hills
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	28.4%	36.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	5.8%
65 to 74	3.2%	5.2%
75 and over	5.9%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Lost Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	25.7%	2.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.1%	97.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Lost Hills
No high school diploma	50.3%	66.0%
High school graduate	22.8%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Lost Hills
Drove alone	97.4%	85.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Lost Hills
1-unit, detached	90.9%	42.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	39.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Lost Hills
Poverty rate	27.2%	26.9%
Average household size	3.50	3.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1971	1986