Borrego Springs vs Fairbanks Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Borrego Springs and Fairbanks Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

Borrego Springs and Fairbanks Ranch are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairbanks Ranch has the higher population (2,794 vs 2,781 in Borrego Springs). Fairbanks Ranch has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $83,836 in Borrego Springs). Fairbanks Ranch has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $396,400 in Borrego Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Borrego Springs	Fairbanks Ranch
Population	2,781	2,794
Median age	60.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,836	$250,001
Median home value	$396,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$981	—
Housing units	2,614	1,216
Homeownership rate	77.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	82.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Borrego Springs	Fairbanks Ranch
Population	2,145 → 2,781 (+29.7%)	2,085 → 2,794 (+34.0%)
Median household income	$49,570 → $83,836 (+69.1%)	$185,551 → $250,001 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$186,400 → $396,400 (+112.7%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $981 (+33.8%)	—

Borrego Springs

Population

2,1452,781

Median household income

$49,570$83,836

Median home value

$186,400$396,400

Median gross rent

$733$981

Fairbanks Ranch

Population

2,0852,794

Median household income

$185,551$250,001

Median home value

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Borrego Springs	Fairbanks Ranch
Under 5	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	5.8%	23.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	5.6%	2.2%
35 to 44	5.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	19.4%	7.1%
75 and over	21.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Borrego Springs	Fairbanks Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	52.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	22.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	18.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Borrego Springs	Fairbanks Ranch
No high school diploma	10.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.0%	6.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	51.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Borrego Springs	Fairbanks Ranch
Drove alone	69.6%	70.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	23.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Borrego Springs	Fairbanks Ranch
1-unit, detached	72.1%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Borrego Springs	Fairbanks Ranch
Poverty rate	2.1%	6.1%
Average household size	1.91	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1985	1992