City safety & data profile

FairfieldCA

Fairfield, CA is a 113K-resident city in Solano County with a median household income of $101,895.

Solano County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fairfield, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fairfield has a population larger than 94% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $624,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

113K
Population (place)
Top 6%
By size
$101,895
Median income (place)
$624,300
Median home (place)
10.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Fairfield

Fairfield posts a median household income higher than 71% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Fairfield area.

Top 29%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Fairfield

Where Fairfield income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$101,895 Top 29% higher than 71% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fairfield $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Fairfield, CA beyond the headline numbers

Fairfield sits inside Solano County, California, at roughly 38.25°N, -122.04°W. Population 112,970, $101,895 median household income. Median home value $624,300, median rent $2,266. Poverty rate 10.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Fairfield, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 10.2%, poverty in Fairfield, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Fairfield costs around 6.1 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 11.6% of Fairfield workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fairfield from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
112,970
Fairfield · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$101,895
+14% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$624,300
+51% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Solano County): Fairfield's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
452K+8%
Median Income
$100,401+49%
Median Home Value
$617,700+135%
Poverty Rate
10%-23%
Unemployment
6.3%-46%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fairfield, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,266/mo
Poverty Rate
10.2% -18% vs avg
Unemployment 5.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 26.6%
Work From Home 11.6%
Public Transit 1.2%

Population

White 32.2%
African American 14.5%
Asian 18.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37.6%
High Blood Pressure
31.5%
Obesity
31.4%
Physical Inactivity
25.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Binge Drinking
15.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.2%
Current Smoking
11.7%
Diabetes
11.5%
Current Asthma
10.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.4%
Annual Checkup 71.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.3%
Stroke
3.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
NORTHBAY MEDICAL CENTER
FAIRFIELD · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Fairfield?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fairfield right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-FAIRFIELD-CA · Fairfield

Fairfield: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Fairfield

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Fairfield.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Fairfield; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Fairfield, CA? ▼
Fairfield, CA has a population of 112,970 people, located in Solano County, California.
What is the median household income in Fairfield? ▼
The median household income in Fairfield, CA is $101,895 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.2%.
What is the median home value in Fairfield? ▼
The median home value in Fairfield, CA is $624,300. Median rent is $2,266/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fairfield? ▼
The top health indicators in Fairfield include Short Sleep Duration (37.6%), High Blood Pressure (31.5%), Obesity (31.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Fairfield? ▼
Fairfield has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Fairfield? ▼
The median age in Fairfield, CA is 36.9 years. 26.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fairfield, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (10.2% here).

Vancouver, WA 10.2% Orem, UT 10.2% Deltona, FL 10.2% Cranston, RI 10.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($101,895 here).

Cheval, FL $101,907 Cedar Hill, TX $101,909 Bon Air, VA $101,879 Aloha, OR $101,934

Compare Fairfield with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Fairfield's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Fairfield area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Fairfield against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Solano County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.