Ahwahnee vs Fairmead

A side-by-side comparison of Ahwahnee and Fairmead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ahwahnee has the higher population (1,532 vs 1,119 in Fairmead). Ahwahnee has the higher median household income ($65,980 vs $44,375 in Fairmead). Ahwahnee has the higher median home value ($448,000 vs $220,700 in Fairmead).

Population, income & housing

	Ahwahnee	Fairmead
Population	1,532	1,119
Median age	66.3 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,980	$44,375
Median home value	$448,000	$220,700
Median gross rent	$1,617	$1,221
Housing units	835	368
Homeownership rate	76.6%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ahwahnee	Fairmead
Population	2,513 → 1,532 (-39.0%)	1,105 → 1,119 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$71,336 → $65,980 (-7.5%)	$68,375 → $44,375 (-35.1%)
Median home value	$312,300 → $448,000 (+43.5%)	$221,200 → $220,700 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $1,617 (+106.0%)	$929 → $1,221 (+31.4%)

Ahwahnee

Population

2,5131,532

Median household income

$71,336$65,980

Median home value

$312,300$448,000

Median gross rent

$785$1,617

Fairmead

Population

1,1051,119

Median household income

$68,375$44,375

Median home value

$221,200$220,700

Median gross rent

$929$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ahwahnee	Fairmead
Under 5	1.9%	9.6%
5 to 17	7.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	17.0%
25 to 34	2.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	2.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	34.8%	3.1%
75 and over	21.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ahwahnee	Fairmead
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	15.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	80.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ahwahnee	Fairmead
No high school diploma	7.4%	44.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ahwahnee	Fairmead
Drove alone	54.0%	72.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	26.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	0.0%
Other means	8.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ahwahnee	Fairmead
1-unit, detached	88.5%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Ahwahnee	Fairmead
Poverty rate	12.3%	28.1%
Average household size	2.18	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	13	30
Median year structure built	1981	1986