Fairfax vs Lucas Valley-Marinwood

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfax and Lucas Valley-Marinwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairfax and Lucas Valley-Marinwood 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 6,331 in Lucas Valley-Marinwood). Lucas Valley-Marinwood has the higher median household income ($200,938 vs $131,875 in Fairfax). Lucas Valley-Marinwood has the higher median home value ($1,360,000 vs $1,121,500 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Population	7,523	6,331
Median age	47.9 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$131,875	$200,938
Median home value	$1,121,500	$1,360,000
Median gross rent	$2,281	$3,501
Housing units	3,359	2,535
Homeownership rate	63.8%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Population	7,578 → 7,523 (-0.7%)	6,686 → 6,331 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$104,122 → $131,875 (+26.7%)	$137,931 → $200,938 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$849,800 → $1,121,500 (+32.0%)	$976,900 → $1,360,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,887 → $2,281 (+20.9%)	$2,615 → $3,501 (+33.9%)

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

Lucas Valley-Marinwood

Population

6,6866,331

Median household income

$137,931$200,938

Median home value

$976,900$1,360,000

Median gross rent

$2,615$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Under 5	5.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	19.6%	20.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	14.8%
75 and over	7.4%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	80.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	7.6%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	45.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Drove alone	46.9%	56.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.5%
Public transit	2.5%	3.3%
Walked	4.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	5.1%	1.7%
Worked from home	36.1%	28.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
1-unit, detached	66.7%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1952	1963