Fair Oaks vs Orangevale

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

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

Orangevale has the higher population (35,219 vs 32,030 in Fair Oaks). Fair Oaks has the higher median household income ($111,332 vs $98,158 in Orangevale). Fair Oaks has the higher median home value ($645,600 vs $508,600 in Orangevale).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Orangevale
Population	32,030	35,219
Median age	47.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$111,332	$98,158
Median home value	$645,600	$508,600
Median gross rent	$1,797	$1,866
Housing units	13,431	14,108
Homeownership rate	70.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Orangevale
Population	31,032 → 32,030 (+3.2%)	34,824 → 35,219 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$84,717 → $111,332 (+31.4%)	$81,801 → $98,158 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $645,600 (+35.6%)	$372,500 → $508,600 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,339 → $1,797 (+34.2%)	$1,460 → $1,866 (+27.8%)

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

Orangevale

Population

34,82435,219

Median household income

$81,801$98,158

Median home value

$372,500$508,600

Median gross rent

$1,460$1,866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Orangevale
Under 5	4.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.6%
75 and over	10.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Orangevale
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	73.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	4.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Orangevale
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	16.8%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Orangevale
Drove alone	70.4%	68.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	17.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Orangevale
1-unit, detached	70.9%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Orangevale
Poverty rate	8.3%	9.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1977	1976