94535 — Fairfield, California

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 94535. Its median household income runs 18% below Fairfield as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

40out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 2% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 15 sources
Opportunity2,495th of 3,116 ZIP areas measured39
Schools1,604th of 3,047 ZIP areas measured48
Growth2,513th of 3,124 ZIP areas measured33
Housing affordability3,111th of 3,112 ZIP areas measured0
ClimateTop 26% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured77
Physical resilience2,617th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured23
Access2,237th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured84
Economic stabilityTop 43% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured59
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable ZIP areas measured: unemployment is 5.3% and the Opportunity signal places 94535 in the bottom 20%. The unemployment rate is published for Fairfield, CA, which contains 94535, rather than for 94535 alone.

In the public schools here, 46% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 21.9 students for every teacher.

Residential permitting has slowed: 157 units authorized over the past twelve months, 48% below the prior year. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Fairfield, CA, which contains 94535, rather than for 94535 alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
3,952
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$83,879
Top 33% nationally
Density
412/sq mi
9.6 sq mi of land
Median age
22.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Fairfield
California
Metro area
Nearest major airport
SMF
35 mi · Sacramento Intl
Median home value
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Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Fairfield, CA, which contains 94535, is 5.3% — higher than in all but 19% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Fairfield, CA, which contains 94535, fell 2.1% over the past year, to 54,547 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsSolano County, CA’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$73,99660th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftSolano County, CA’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$72,99859th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$8,7562024 ACS 5-Year$83,879Top 33%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,3162024 ACS 5-Year$29,294Bottom 24%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±0.8%2024 ACS 5-Year0.9%Top 6%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.5 min2024 ACS 5-Year13.0 minTop 3%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±7%2024 ACS 5-Year32.2%Top 31%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year71.8%36th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentFairfield, CA’s figureJuly 202654,547Top 46%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Fairfield, CA’s figureJuly 2026−0.7%Bottom 42%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Fairfield, CA’s figureJuly 2026−2.1%Bottom 18%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceFairfield, CA’s figureJuly 202657,58955th percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year79.9%Top 43%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageVallejo, CA Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$74,900Top 19%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Median annual wageVallejo, CA Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$58,620Top 18%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.7%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Fairfield, CA’s figureJuly 2026−0.2%Top 45%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateFairfield, CA’s figureJuly 20265.3%Bottom 19%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year5.3%26th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202484k75k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $83,879 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Vallejo, CA

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides7,850$34,320
Fast Food and Counter Workers4,430$44,110
Registered Nurses4,120$203,290
Retail Salespersons4,110$38,420
Cashiers3,630$37,810
Stockers and Order Fillers2,860$44,300

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Fairfield, CA, the city containing this ZIP code.

46% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 55% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 21.9 students for every full-time teacher across 2 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
2
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
21.9
across all schools here
Math proficiency
46.4%
Top 36% in California
Reading proficiency
54.9%
Top 49% in California
All 2 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Scandia ElementaryTravis Unified43221.638%45%
Travis ElementaryTravis Unified42122.255%65%

48.8% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against California’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 9% above the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 109.4, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Vallejo, CA Metro Area is up 14% over five years, but down 0.7% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $2,178, below the $3,122 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $2,178 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $87,100 a year, about 104% of the median household income here of $83,879.

The typical renter household here spends 46% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $3,122 a month.

Cost of living
109.4

Prices here run about 9% above the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Vallejo, CA Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
46.3%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
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median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$2,178
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$3,122
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
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The figures above are measured against 94535’s median household income of $83,879, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Vallejo, CA Metro Area’s figure2023109.4Bottom 18%of 2,7372023
Home price change (1 year)the Vallejo, CA Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2−0.7%3rd percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Vallejo, CA Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+14.3%1st percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Vallejo, CA Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+64.0%8th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Homeownership rate ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year1.1%1st percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±1962024 ACS 5-Year1,41251st percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,705Bottom 25%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$2,911Bottom 17%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$2,178Bottom 19%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$712024 ACS 5-Year$3,122Bottom 1%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year46.3%Bottom 5%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±142024 ACS 5-Year01st percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year25.4%95th percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±1322024 ACS 5-Year35867th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

33/ 100
Ranks 2,513 of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 157 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Fairfield, CA, which contains 94535, rather than for 94535 alone.

At 1.3 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Fairfield, CA, which contains 94535, rather than for 94535 alone.

Units permitted
157
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.3
Bottom 27% nationally
Year over year
−48%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
0.0%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
25%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$73,996
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$72,998
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Contra Costa County, CA 3,871 people · 20% of arrivals
  2. Alameda County, CA 1,664 people · 8.5% of arrivals
  3. Napa County, CA 1,538 people · 7.9% of arrivals
  4. Sacramento County, CA 1,265 people · 6.5% of arrivals
  5. San Mateo County, CA 717 people · 3.7% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Contra Costa County, CA 2,147 people · 11% of departures
  2. Sacramento County, CA 1,647 people · 8.5% of departures
  3. Alameda County, CA 1,126 people · 5.8% of departures
  4. Napa County, CA 1,020 people · 5.3% of departures
  5. Yolo County, CA 784 people · 4.0% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Solano County, CA. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Fairfield, CA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 95°F and January a low of 38°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 24.8 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station VACAVILLE NUT TREE AP, 7.4 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND5.3"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year582024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals24.8"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals38°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals95°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals81991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year12024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year392024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals30°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
39
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
58
90th percentile index
Days above 100
1
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

23 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, earthquake and drought, with inland flooding alone responsible for 48% of it.

DroughtElevated
EarthquakeHigh
Inland floodingHigh
WildfireModerate
Coastal floodingModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: landslide, volcanic activity, lightning, tornado, hail, strong wind, tsunami, winter weather, avalanche, cold wave, ice storm, hurricane.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
7.1
per 100,000 residents
Firearm deaths, all intents
10.9
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
29.2
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
12.5
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 94535 (Solano County) rather than 94535 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Fairfield carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown where the American Community Survey reports them, though not for this place. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Sacramento Intl at 35 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year97.2%Top 10%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle35 miBottom 25%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle6Top 26%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year1.2%Top 10%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Sacramento IntlSMF35 mi8,605 ft
Mc Clellan AirfieldMCC40 mi10,599 ft
Oakland San Francisco BayOAK41 mi10,520 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

94535 vs Fairfield

How this ZIP area compares with Fairfield as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

94535
Fairfield
Median household income: Fairfield is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$83,879
vs
$101,895
Per capita income: Fairfield is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$29,294
vs
$43,473
Population density
412/sq mi
vs
2,904/sq mi
Median gross rent: Fairfield is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$3,122
vs
$2,266
Homeownership rate
1.1%
vs
61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 94535 is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
32.2%
vs
26.6%
Poverty rate: 94535 is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
0.9%
vs
10.2%
Median age
22.8
vs
36.9

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.