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Fairfax town, California: commercial real estate data.
Fairfax town is a Census town of 7,516 people across 2.23 square miles of land, in Marin County. Median household income is $141,653, 68.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 12 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.7 m.
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Fairfax
What Fairfax is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.23 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,373
- County holding the largest share of its areaMarin County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairfax
How many people live in Fairfax
- Population7,516
- Median age48.7
- Population under 181,281 plus or minus 273
- Share under 1817.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Population 65 and over1,735
- Share 65 and over23.1 percent
- Households3,265
- Family households1,741
- Share of households that are families53.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Fairfax
- Median household income$141,653
- Per capita income$82,720
- Civilian labor force4,442
- Employed3,987
- Unemployed455 plus or minus 294
- Unemployment rate10.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over5,839
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher70.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree27.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fairfax
- Housing units3,417
- Occupied units3,265
- Vacant units152 plus or minus 103
- Vacancy rate4.4 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Owner occupied2,249
- Renter occupied1,016 plus or minus 244
- Ownership rate68.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,163,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,367
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.1 percent
- Single family units2,630
- Share single family77.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more787 plus or minus 225
- Share in buildings of two or more23.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fairfax gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,428
- Commuting under 15 minutes480 plus or minus 179
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.8 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,121 plus or minus 268
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.2 percent
- Drove alone47.1 percent
- Carpooled2.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport2.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home38.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Fairfax (7(a))
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$5,722,900
- Average approval$476,908
- Median approval$293,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,035,000
- Largest approval$1,300,000
- Jobs supported90
- Jobs per approval7.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Fairfax
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 9
- NFIP community number060175
- Currently effective map date03/17/14
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Marin County, not Fairfax
Marin County context, not Fairfax figures
These are Marin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fairfax measurements.
- Establishments in Marin County10,049
- Employment at those establishments, Marin County106,249
- Covered employment, Marin County110,934
- Average annual pay, Marin County$93,552
- Average weekly wage, Marin County$1,799
- Housing units permitted, Marin County158
- Of those, single family, Marin County151
- County product, 2024, Marin County$36,853,590,000
- County product change over the prior year, Marin County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Marin County$309,655
Every figure in this section is published for Marin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fairfax. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fairfax questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairfax, California?
7,516, in 3,265 households. Fairfax town covers 2.23 square miles of land, which is 3,373 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fairfax in?
Marin County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fairfax?
$141,653. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,163,600. Median gross rent is $2,367 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fairfax businesses?
12 7(a) approvals totalling $5.7 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $293,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fairfax, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fairfax borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fairfax. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Fairfax in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fairfax appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060175, carrying Community Rating System class 9, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fairfax figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Marin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fairfax.
Is zoning published for Fairfax?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.