Bass Lake vs Fairmead

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

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

Fairmead has the higher population (1,119 vs 336 in Bass Lake). Bass Lake has the higher median household income ($152,083 vs $44,375 in Fairmead). Since 2019, Fairmead's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -25.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bass Lake	Fairmead
Population	336	1,119
Median age	50.7 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$152,083	$44,375
Median home value	—	$220,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,221
Housing units	1,016	368
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.6%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bass Lake	Fairmead
Population	449 → 336 (-25.2%)	1,105 → 1,119 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$96,833 → $152,083 (+57.1%)	$68,375 → $44,375 (-35.1%)
Median home value	$673,300 → $913,500 (+35.7%)	$221,200 → $220,700 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$929 → $1,221 (+31.4%)

Bass Lake

Population

449336

Median household income

$96,833$152,083

Median home value

$673,300$913,500

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)

	Bass Lake	Fairmead
Under 5	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	25.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	3.1%
75 and over	14.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bass Lake	Fairmead
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	15.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	80.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bass Lake	Fairmead
No high school diploma	0.0%	44.2%
High school graduate	6.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	49.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bass Lake	Fairmead
Drove alone	72.0%	72.0%
Carpooled	28.0%	26.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bass Lake	Fairmead
1-unit, detached	82.0%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	18.0%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Bass Lake	Fairmead
Poverty rate	25.3%	28.1%
Average household size	2.53	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1982	1986