Fair Oaks vs Galt

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

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

Fair Oaks has the higher population (32,030 vs 25,665 in Galt). Fair Oaks has the higher median household income ($111,332 vs $86,327 in Galt). Fair Oaks has the higher median home value ($645,600 vs $465,700 in Galt).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Galt
Population	32,030	25,665
Median age	47.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,332	$86,327
Median home value	$645,600	$465,700
Median gross rent	$1,797	$1,413
Housing units	13,431	8,551
Homeownership rate	70.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Galt
Population	31,032 → 32,030 (+3.2%)	25,990 → 25,665 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$84,717 → $111,332 (+31.4%)	$75,638 → $86,327 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $645,600 (+35.6%)	$331,100 → $465,700 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,339 → $1,797 (+34.2%)	$1,225 → $1,413 (+15.3%)

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

Galt

Population

25,99025,665

Median household income

$75,638$86,327

Median home value

$331,100$465,700

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Galt
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.4%
75 and over	10.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Galt
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	45.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	4.4%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Galt
No high school diploma	3.6%	16.0%
High school graduate	16.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Galt
Drove alone	70.4%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.9%
Public transit	1.5%	1.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	10.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Galt
1-unit, detached	70.9%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	5.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Galt
Poverty rate	8.3%	7.3%
Average household size	2.42	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1977	1994