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Fairfield, CA
122,646 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0623182 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Fairfield ranked #99 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Fairfield and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Concord CA, Hayward CA, Westminster CO, Santa Rosa CA, Richardson TX, Arvada CO, Antioch CA, Sparks NV, Fullerton CA, Olathe KS, Richmond CA, Vacaville CA, Oceanside CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #99 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #247 | #157 | #147 | #233 | #255 | #159 | #175 | #242 | #171 | #162 | #229 | #200 | #151 | #101 | #75 | #66 | #190 | #219 | #99 | #176 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 101,939 | 102,428 | 102,818 | 103,423 | 104,223 | 105,598 | 106,245 | 107,497 | 109,137 | 110,727 | 112,365 | 114,456 | 115,817 | 116,678 | 117,133 | 119,890 | 119,995 | 120,205 | 121,125 | 122,646 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #101 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | -1.4 | -1.1 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.7 | — | -0.2 | +0.0 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.4 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #161 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 8.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 2.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #285 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 22.0% | 19.3% | 19.6% | 18.7% | 21.2% | 22.8% | 23.3% | 25.3% | 24.7% | 21.3% | 22.0% | 23.6% | 23.8% | 24.0% | 24.2% | — | 26.1% | 26.0% | 26.3% | 28.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #46 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | 8.8 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.0 | — | 9.2 | 5.0 | 1.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #89 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41.3 | 27.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 38,564 | 39,012 | 37,829 | 37,664 | 35,082 | 37,694 | 37,377 | 36,287 | 36,433 | 37,691 | 38,950 | 39,551 | 40,394 | 41,848 | 42,713 | 41,243 | 40,428 | 41,871 | 42,455 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #154 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -3.7 | +0.1 | +1.1 | -2.0 | -3.7 | +3.6 | -0.1 | -2.7 | -1.6 | +0.3 | -10.2 | -0.3 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +10.4 | +1.9 | -0.6 | -0.7 | +0.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46,387 | 46,243 | 45,761 | 48,706 | 49,050 | 52,866 | 53,039 | 57,169 | 59,246 | — | 50,252 | 54,819 | 57,382 | 55,161 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #269 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.8% | 12.3% | 13.4% | 10.0% | 10.7% | 6.9% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 3.2% | — | 7.6% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 6.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #186 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 8 in its peer group with data | 43% | 42% | 37% | 33% | 20% | 13% | 18% | 28% | 29% | — | — | — | 37% | — | 31% | 28% | 32% | 29% | 25% | 20% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #100 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 8 in its peer group with data | $3,567 | $3,259 | $2,978 | $4,309 | $4,127 | $3,869 | $3,682 | $3,451 | $2,592 | — | — | — | $1,799 | — | $1,581 | $1,683 | $1,678 | $1,826 | $1,946 | $1,803 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Fairfield. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.