Fairfax vs Tiburon

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

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

Tiburon has the higher population (9,035 vs 7,523 in Fairfax). Tiburon has the higher median household income ($212,794 vs $131,875 in Fairfax). Tiburon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,121,500 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Tiburon
Population	7,523	9,035
Median age	47.9 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$131,875	$212,794
Median home value	$1,121,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,281	$3,501
Housing units	3,359	3,876
Homeownership rate	63.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	78.7%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Tiburon
Population	7,578 → 7,523 (-0.7%)	9,144 → 9,035 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$104,122 → $131,875 (+26.7%)	$154,915 → $212,794 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$849,800 → $1,121,500 (+32.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,887 → $2,281 (+20.9%)	$2,440 → $3,501 (+43.5%)

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

Tiburon

Population

9,1449,035

Median household income

$154,915$212,794

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,440$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Tiburon
Under 5	5.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	19.6%	18.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.9%
75 and over	7.4%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Tiburon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	79.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	3.0%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Tiburon
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	7.6%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Tiburon
Drove alone	46.9%	41.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	8.9%
Public transit	2.5%	7.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	5.1%	1.7%
Worked from home	36.1%	37.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Tiburon
1-unit, detached	66.7%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	6.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Tiburon
Poverty rate	11.5%	1.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1952	1969