Fairfax vs Kentfield

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

Fairfax and Kentfield 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 (7,523 vs 7,128 in Kentfield). Kentfield has the higher median household income ($231,875 vs $131,875 in Fairfax). Kentfield has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,121,500 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Kentfield
Population	7,523	7,128
Median age	47.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$131,875	$231,875
Median home value	$1,121,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,281	$2,482
Housing units	3,359	2,958
Homeownership rate	63.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	77.2%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Kentfield
Population	7,578 → 7,523 (-0.7%)	7,020 → 7,128 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$104,122 → $131,875 (+26.7%)	$214,081 → $231,875 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$849,800 → $1,121,500 (+32.0%)	$1,997,100 → $2,000,001 (+0.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,887 → $2,281 (+20.9%)	$2,187 → $2,482 (+13.5%)

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

Kentfield

Population

7,0207,128

Median household income

$214,081$231,875

Median home value

$1,997,100$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,187$2,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Kentfield
Under 5	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	19.6%	18.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.3%
75 and over	7.4%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Kentfield
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	78.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Kentfield
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	7.6%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	38.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	38.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Kentfield
Drove alone	46.9%	42.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.1%
Public transit	2.5%	9.6%
Walked	4.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	5.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	36.1%	41.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Kentfield
1-unit, detached	66.7%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Kentfield
Poverty rate	11.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1952	1955