Fair Oaks vs Foothill Farms

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Oaks and Foothill Farms: population, income, housing, and more.

Fair Oaks and Foothill Farms are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Foothill Farms has the higher population (37,332 vs 32,030 in Fair Oaks). Fair Oaks has the higher median household income ($111,332 vs $68,042 in Foothill Farms). Fair Oaks has the higher median home value ($645,600 vs $368,500 in Foothill Farms).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Foothill Farms
Population	32,030	37,332
Median age	47.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,332	$68,042
Median home value	$645,600	$368,500
Median gross rent	$1,797	$1,560
Housing units	13,431	12,856
Homeownership rate	70.0%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Foothill Farms
Population	31,032 → 32,030 (+3.2%)	35,881 → 37,332 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$84,717 → $111,332 (+31.4%)	$54,426 → $68,042 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $645,600 (+35.6%)	$252,900 → $368,500 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,339 → $1,797 (+34.2%)	$1,218 → $1,560 (+28.1%)

Fair Oaks

Population

31,03232,030

Median household income

$84,717$111,332

Median home value

$476,100$645,600

Median gross rent

$1,339$1,797

Foothill Farms

Population

35,88137,332

Median household income

$54,426$68,042

Median home value

$252,900$368,500

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,560

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Foothill Farms
Under 5	4.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.2%	6.7%
75 and over	10.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Foothill Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	47.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	4.4%	11.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Foothill Farms
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	16.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Foothill Farms
Drove alone	70.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.2%	11.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Foothill Farms
1-unit, detached	70.9%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	11.6%
20 or more units	5.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Foothill Farms
Poverty rate	8.3%	16.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1977	1977