Fairbanks Ranch vs Rancho Santa Fe

A side-by-side comparison of Fairbanks Ranch and Rancho Santa Fe: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairbanks Ranch and Rancho Santa Fe 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 2,574 in Rancho Santa Fe). Fairbanks Ranch has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $236,429 in Rancho Santa Fe). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Fairbanks Ranch	Rancho Santa Fe
Population	2,794	2,574
Median age	43.2 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$236,429
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	1,216	1,253
Homeownership rate	92.1%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.2%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbanks Ranch	Rancho Santa Fe
Population	2,085 → 2,794 (+34.0%)	2,510 → 2,574 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$185,551 → $250,001 (+34.7%)	$137,083 → $236,429 (+72.5%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$3,025 → $3,501 (+15.7%)

Fairbanks Ranch

Population

2,0852,794

Median household income

$185,551$250,001

Median home value

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

Rancho Santa Fe

Population

2,5102,574

Median household income

$137,083$236,429

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$3,025$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairbanks Ranch	Rancho Santa Fe
Under 5	8.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	2.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	21.3%
75 and over	11.9%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbanks Ranch	Rancho Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	22.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	18.5%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbanks Ranch	Rancho Santa Fe
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	6.4%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	51.6%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbanks Ranch	Rancho Santa Fe
Drove alone	70.3%	59.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	29.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbanks Ranch	Rancho Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	96.1%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairbanks Ranch	Rancho Santa Fe
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.4%
Average household size	3.18	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1992	1975