Millbrae vs North Fair Oaks

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

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

Millbrae has the higher population (22,589 vs 13,327 in North Fair Oaks). Millbrae has the higher median household income ($157,567 vs $106,690 in North Fair Oaks). Millbrae has the higher median home value ($1,929,700 vs $1,209,600 in North Fair Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Millbrae	North Fair Oaks
Population	22,589	13,327
Median age	45.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$157,567	$106,690
Median home value	$1,929,700	$1,209,600
Median gross rent	$3,401	$2,284
Housing units	8,566	4,145
Homeownership rate	63.2%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.5%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millbrae	North Fair Oaks
Population	22,625 → 22,589 (-0.2%)	14,372 → 13,327 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$128,494 → $157,567 (+22.6%)	$77,899 → $106,690 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$1,403,100 → $1,929,700 (+37.5%)	$941,600 → $1,209,600 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,508 → $3,401 (+35.6%)	$1,880 → $2,284 (+21.5%)

Millbrae

Population

22,62522,589

Median household income

$128,494$157,567

Median home value

$1,403,100$1,929,700

Median gross rent

$2,508$3,401

North Fair Oaks

Population

14,37213,327

Median household income

$77,899$106,690

Median home value

$941,600$1,209,600

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millbrae	North Fair Oaks
Under 5	5.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	18.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.9%
75 and over	10.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millbrae	North Fair Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	17.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	48.8%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	73.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millbrae	North Fair Oaks
No high school diploma	6.8%	29.4%
High school graduate	17.3%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millbrae	North Fair Oaks
Drove alone	57.9%	63.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	14.6%
Public transit	9.1%	2.4%
Walked	1.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.8%
Worked from home	19.9%	16.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millbrae	North Fair Oaks
1-unit, detached	63.7%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	11.6%
20 or more units	17.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Millbrae	North Fair Oaks
Poverty rate	6.1%	12.8%
Average household size	2.78	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1960	1956