Fair Oaks vs Vineyard

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

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

Vineyard has the higher population (42,645 vs 32,030 in Fair Oaks). Fair Oaks has the higher median household income ($111,332 vs $108,403 in Vineyard). Fair Oaks has the higher median home value ($645,600 vs $552,400 in Vineyard).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks	Vineyard
Population	32,030	42,645
Median age	47.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$111,332	$108,403
Median home value	$645,600	$552,400
Median gross rent	$1,797	$1,984
Housing units	13,431	12,656
Homeownership rate	70.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks	Vineyard
Population	31,032 → 32,030 (+3.2%)	28,386 → 42,645 (+50.2%)
Median household income	$84,717 → $111,332 (+31.4%)	$94,939 → $108,403 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$476,100 → $645,600 (+35.6%)	$384,100 → $552,400 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,339 → $1,797 (+34.2%)	$1,580 → $1,984 (+25.6%)

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

Vineyard

Population

28,38642,645

Median household income

$94,939$108,403

Median home value

$384,100$552,400

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks	Vineyard
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.2%	8.3%
75 and over	10.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks	Vineyard
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	22.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	39.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks	Vineyard
No high school diploma	3.6%	14.5%
High school graduate	16.8%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks	Vineyard
Drove alone	70.4%	67.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	15.6%
Public transit	1.5%	1.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.2%	12.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks	Vineyard
1-unit, detached	70.9%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks	Vineyard
Poverty rate	8.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.42	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1977	2000