Fairfield

Population & Demographics

Fairfield, CA

Fairfield is home to 120,785 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 53,505 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
120,785
people
Population

120,785 residents

Median age 36.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Fairfield population & demographics

Who lives in Fairfield — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
120,785
Median age
36.9yrs
Median household income
$101,895
Median home value
$624,300
Median gross rent
$2,266/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
26.6%
Poverty rate
10.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Fairfield

How Fairfield breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino32.7%
White26.4%
Asian17.9%
Black14.2%
Two or more races6.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.0%
Some other race0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Fairfield

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Fairfield.

Fairfield at a glance
Employed Residents
53,505
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
29.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
19.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Vacaville
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Fairfield proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Fairfield commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

42 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Fairfield

53,505 commutes, one dot at a time

Fairfield

Where 53,505 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Fairfield, by worker count.

1Fairfield0.0 mi10,472
2Vacaville8.2 mi3,439
3San Francisco40.4 mi3,121
4Napa14.2 mi2,058
5Vallejo14.5 mi2,023
6Oakland33.3 mi1,762
7Sacramento37.8 mi1,462
8Concord19.9 mi1,353

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fairfield.

1Fairfield0.0 mi10,472
2Vacaville8.2 mi5,746
3Suisun City1.9 mi2,635
4Vallejo14.5 mi2,591
5Napa14.2 mi885
6Sacramento37.8 mi816
7Dixon17.8 mi707
8American Canyon12.8 mi509

Top industries

The sectors that employ Fairfield’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance19.6%
RTRetail Trade11.9%
PAPublic Administration9.8%
MFManufacturing9.1%
EDEducational Services8.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.2%
COConstruction6.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.2%
WSWholesale Trade3.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Fairfield

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

2 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps54%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Fairfield

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