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Fairfax is a big small town of 7,516 people in Marin County, California. It's about 20 miles from Vallejo, CA and 30 miles from San Francisco, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 57°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.2M and rent runs about $2k a month.
7,516people
$1.2MTypical home
$2,367/moRent
81° / 57°Summer / winter
0"Snow
270Sunny days
69Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,516
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,373 people per sq mi
- 30 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 20 mi to Vallejo, CA
- 1 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.2M (≈$7,338/mo)
- Median rent $2,367/mo
- Median household income $142k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 57°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 270 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 95 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 69 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (99 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (786 per 100k)
People
- Median age 49
- 24% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 70% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to OAK airport
- 28 mi to OAK (major hub)
- 18 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1953
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 138 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 124 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 137 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 35 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,267 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 543 bars within 25 mi
- 1,115 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 60 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 134 museums within 25 mi
- 52 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 23% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marin County: D+64 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk