Fairmead vs Parkwood

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

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

Parkwood has the higher population (2,095 vs 1,119 in Fairmead). Parkwood has the higher median household income ($78,194 vs $44,375 in Fairmead). Parkwood has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $220,700 in Fairmead).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmead	Parkwood
Population	1,119	2,095
Median age	31.9 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$78,194
Median home value	$220,700	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,522
Housing units	368	540
Homeownership rate	60.6%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	20.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmead	Parkwood
Population	1,105 → 1,119 (+1.3%)	2,183 → 2,095 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$68,375 → $44,375 (-35.1%)	$49,158 → $78,194 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$221,200 → $220,700 (-0.2%)	$169,000 → $250,000 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,221 (+31.4%)	$1,180 → $1,522 (+29.0%)

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

Parkwood

Population

2,1832,095

Median household income

$49,158$78,194

Median home value

$169,000$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,522

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmead	Parkwood
Under 5	9.6%	12.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	17.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	27.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	5.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	3.1%	8.4%
75 and over	6.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmead	Parkwood
White (non-Hispanic)	15.4%	21.1%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	80.0%	78.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmead	Parkwood
No high school diploma	44.2%	32.0%
High school graduate	28.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmead	Parkwood
Drove alone	72.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	26.3%	9.8%
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	1.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmead	Parkwood
1-unit, detached	70.1%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmead	Parkwood
Poverty rate	28.1%	21.7%
Average household size	3.17	3.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1986	1980