Fairfield vs Vacaville

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

Fairfield and Vacaville 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 102,085 in Vacaville). Vacaville has the higher median household income ($108,580 vs $102,321 in Fairfield). Vacaville has the higher median home value ($596,700 vs $592,500 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Vacaville
Population	119,985	102,085
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,321	$108,580
Median home value	$592,500	$596,700
Median gross rent	$2,191	$2,227
Housing units	39,608	36,173
Homeownership rate	60.2%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Vacaville
Population	115,282 → 119,985 (+4.1%)	98,875 → 102,085 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$84,557 → $102,321 (+21.0%)	$87,823 → $108,580 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$409,000 → $592,500 (+44.9%)	$422,400 → $596,700 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,615 → $2,191 (+35.7%)	$1,641 → $2,227 (+35.7%)

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

Vacaville

Population

98,875102,085

Median household income

$87,823$108,580

Median home value

$422,400$596,700

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Vacaville
Under 5	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Vacaville
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	45.9%
Black or African American	15.0%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	17.2%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Vacaville
No high school diploma	12.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	24.6%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Vacaville
Drove alone	72.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.5%	11.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Vacaville
1-unit, detached	68.6%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	7.9%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Vacaville
Poverty rate	10.5%	7.5%
Average household size	3.11	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1986	1985