Fairfax vs Sausalito

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

Fairfax and Sausalito 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 7,171 in Sausalito). Sausalito has the higher median household income ($173,030 vs $131,875 in Fairfax). Sausalito has the higher median home value ($1,858,900 vs $1,121,500 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Sausalito
Population	7,523	7,171
Median age	47.9 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$131,875	$173,030
Median home value	$1,121,500	$1,858,900
Median gross rent	$2,281	$3,408
Housing units	3,359	4,536
Homeownership rate	63.8%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	74.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Sausalito
Population	7,578 → 7,523 (-0.7%)	7,116 → 7,171 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$104,122 → $131,875 (+26.7%)	$111,906 → $173,030 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$849,800 → $1,121,500 (+32.0%)	$1,346,000 → $1,858,900 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,887 → $2,281 (+20.9%)	$2,583 → $3,408 (+31.9%)

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

Sausalito

Population

7,1167,171

Median household income

$111,906$173,030

Median home value

$1,346,000$1,858,900

Median gross rent

$2,583$3,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Sausalito
Under 5	5.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	3.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	20.2%
75 and over	7.4%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Sausalito
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	81.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Sausalito
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	7.6%	5.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	36.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Sausalito
Drove alone	46.9%	47.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.0%
Public transit	2.5%	6.6%
Walked	4.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	5.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	36.1%	40.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Sausalito
1-unit, detached	66.7%	40.3%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	6.6%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Sausalito
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.6%
Average household size	2.35	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1952	1964