Corte Madera vs Fairfax

A side-by-side comparison of Corte Madera and Fairfax: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Corte Madera has the higher population (10,101 vs 7,523 in Fairfax). Corte Madera has the higher median household income ($220,771 vs $131,875 in Fairfax). Corte Madera has the higher median home value ($1,702,000 vs $1,121,500 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Corte Madera	Fairfax
Population	10,101	7,523
Median age	44.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$220,771	$131,875
Median home value	$1,702,000	$1,121,500
Median gross rent	$3,468	$2,281
Housing units	4,147	3,359
Homeownership rate	69.4%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corte Madera	Fairfax
Population	9,838 → 10,101 (+2.7%)	7,578 → 7,523 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$149,439 → $220,771 (+47.7%)	$104,122 → $131,875 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$1,200,300 → $1,702,000 (+41.8%)	$849,800 → $1,121,500 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,642 → $3,468 (+31.3%)	$1,887 → $2,281 (+20.9%)

Corte Madera

Population

9,83810,101

Median household income

$149,439$220,771

Median home value

$1,200,300$1,702,000

Median gross rent

$2,642$3,468

Fairfax

Population

7,5787,523

Median household income

$104,122$131,875

Median home value

$849,800$1,121,500

Median gross rent

$1,887$2,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corte Madera	Fairfax
Under 5	7.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	17.3%	19.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.7%
75 and over	8.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corte Madera	Fairfax
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.9%
Some other race	2.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corte Madera	Fairfax
No high school diploma	1.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	7.4%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corte Madera	Fairfax
Drove alone	40.6%	46.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.2%
Public transit	5.2%	2.5%
Walked	1.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	1.7%	5.1%
Worked from home	42.0%	36.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corte Madera	Fairfax
1-unit, detached	71.2%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Corte Madera	Fairfax
Poverty rate	5.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1960	1952