Fairfield vs Suisun City

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

Fairfield and Suisun City 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 29,205 in Suisun City). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($102,321 vs $97,083 in Suisun City). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($592,500 vs $551,000 in Suisun City).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Suisun City
Population	119,985	29,205
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$102,321	$97,083
Median home value	$592,500	$551,000
Median gross rent	$2,191	$2,151
Housing units	39,608	9,825
Homeownership rate	60.2%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Suisun City
Population	115,282 → 119,985 (+4.1%)	29,488 → 29,205 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$84,557 → $102,321 (+21.0%)	$83,320 → $97,083 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$409,000 → $592,500 (+44.9%)	$357,500 → $551,000 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,615 → $2,191 (+35.7%)	$1,715 → $2,151 (+25.4%)

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

Suisun City

Population

29,48829,205

Median household income

$83,320$97,083

Median home value

$357,500$551,000

Median gross rent

$1,715$2,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Suisun City
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.1%
75 and over	5.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Suisun City
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	21.3%
Black or African American	15.0%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	17.2%	17.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	1.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Suisun City
No high school diploma	12.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Suisun City
Drove alone	72.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	9.6%
Public transit	1.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	6.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Suisun City
1-unit, detached	68.6%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	6.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Suisun City
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.7%
Average household size	3.11	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1986	1984