Benicia vs Fairfield

A side-by-side comparison of Benicia and Fairfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairfield has the higher population (119,985 vs 26,861 in Benicia). Benicia has the higher median household income ($125,040 vs $102,321 in Fairfield). Benicia has the higher median home value ($778,600 vs $592,500 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Benicia	Fairfield
Population	26,861	119,985
Median age	45.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$125,040	$102,321
Median home value	$778,600	$592,500
Median gross rent	$2,234	$2,191
Housing units	11,454	39,608
Homeownership rate	71.2%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benicia	Fairfield
Population	28,192 → 26,861 (-4.7%)	115,282 → 119,985 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$103,413 → $125,040 (+20.9%)	$84,557 → $102,321 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$585,600 → $778,600 (+33.0%)	$409,000 → $592,500 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,858 → $2,234 (+20.2%)	$1,615 → $2,191 (+35.7%)

Benicia

Population

28,19226,861

Median household income

$103,413$125,040

Median home value

$585,600$778,600

Median gross rent

$1,858$2,234

Fairfield

Population

115,282119,985

Median household income

$84,557$102,321

Median home value

$409,000$592,500

Median gross rent

$1,615$2,191

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benicia	Fairfield
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.7%
75 and over	7.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benicia	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	27.6%
Black or African American	3.5%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	12.0%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	31.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benicia	Fairfield
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	15.9%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benicia	Fairfield
Drove alone	66.2%	72.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.9%
Public transit	3.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.9%	10.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benicia	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	64.3%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	9.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Benicia	Fairfield
Poverty rate	6.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.46	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1981	1986