Dixon vs Fairfield

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

Dixon 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 19,158 in Dixon). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($102,321 vs $98,798 in Dixon). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($592,500 vs $575,600 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Fairfield
Population	19,158	119,985
Median age	34.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$98,798	$102,321
Median home value	$575,600	$592,500
Median gross rent	$1,728	$2,191
Housing units	6,985	39,608
Homeownership rate	59.3%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Fairfield
Population	20,084 → 19,158 (-4.6%)	115,282 → 119,985 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$82,570 → $98,798 (+19.7%)	$84,557 → $102,321 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$385,400 → $575,600 (+49.4%)	$409,000 → $592,500 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,728 (+21.2%)	$1,615 → $2,191 (+35.7%)

Dixon

Population

20,08419,158

Median household income

$82,570$98,798

Median home value

$385,400$575,600

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,728

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)

	Dixon	Fairfield
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.7%
75 and over	4.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	46.5%	27.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.5%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	43.6%	31.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Fairfield
No high school diploma	16.1%	12.9%
High school graduate	27.3%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Fairfield
Drove alone	82.4%	72.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.3%	10.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	69.3%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	9.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Fairfield
Poverty rate	8.4%	10.5%
Average household size	2.84	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1985	1986