Fairfield vs Vallejo

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

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

Vallejo has the higher population (124,637 vs 119,985 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($102,321 vs $89,496 in Vallejo). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($592,500 vs $557,500 in Vallejo).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Vallejo
Population	119,985	124,637
Median age	36.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$102,321	$89,496
Median home value	$592,500	$557,500
Median gross rent	$2,191	$2,013
Housing units	39,608	46,395
Homeownership rate	60.2%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Vallejo
Population	115,282 → 119,985 (+4.1%)	121,267 → 124,637 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$84,557 → $102,321 (+21.0%)	$69,405 → $89,496 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$409,000 → $592,500 (+44.9%)	$370,000 → $557,500 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,615 → $2,191 (+35.7%)	$1,532 → $2,013 (+31.4%)

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

Vallejo

Population

121,267124,637

Median household income

$69,405$89,496

Median home value

$370,000$557,500

Median gross rent

$1,532$2,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Vallejo
Under 5	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.8%
75 and over	5.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Vallejo
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	21.6%
Black or African American	15.0%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	17.2%	22.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.9%
Some other race	0.7%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	30.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Vallejo
No high school diploma	12.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	24.6%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Vallejo
Drove alone	72.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	11.9%	12.6%
Public transit	1.6%	3.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.5%	10.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Vallejo
1-unit, detached	68.6%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Vallejo
Poverty rate	10.5%	12.0%
Average household size	3.11	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1986	1975