Fairfax vs Taft Heights

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

Fairfax and Taft Heights 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 1,588 in Taft Heights). Taft Heights has the higher median household income ($62,125 vs $50,326 in Fairfax). Fairfax has the higher median home value ($277,800 vs $187,700 in Taft Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Taft Heights
Population	1,654	1,588
Median age	32.1 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,326	$62,125
Median home value	$277,800	$187,700
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,135
Housing units	503	739
Homeownership rate	65.7%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Taft Heights
Population	1,778 → 1,654 (-7.0%)	1,998 → 1,588 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$68,047 → $50,326 (-26.0%)	$48,913 → $62,125 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$303,800 → $277,800 (-8.6%)	$147,000 → $187,700 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,359 (+44.9%)	$866 → $1,135 (+31.1%)

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

Taft Heights

Population

1,9981,588

Median household income

$48,913$62,125

Median home value

$147,000$187,700

Median gross rent

$866$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Taft Heights
Under 5	4.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	28.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	22.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	3.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	3.2%	8.1%
75 and over	5.9%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Taft Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	25.7%	53.5%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	74.1%	44.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Taft Heights
No high school diploma	50.3%	21.7%
High school graduate	22.8%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Taft Heights
Drove alone	97.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Taft Heights
1-unit, detached	90.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Taft Heights
Poverty rate	27.2%	15.9%
Average household size	3.50	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1971	1948