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Fairview, California.

A community in Alameda County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Alameda County’s.

Living in Fairview, Alameda County, California

Fairview, in Alameda County, had 11,341 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $148,667 a year and half less, against $129,367 across Alameda County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Alameda County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 11,341 in the 2020 census; median age 40.9
Household income $148,667 the median, give or take $17,188 · Alameda County: $129,367
Unemployment 4.9% Alameda County, August 2026; 5.1% a year before
Homes 79% lived in by their owners; 21% rented
  • 3,390households
  • 43%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 35 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Professional and business services18%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades8%
  • Government7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Alameda County had 783,094 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 59° and 43°; warmest in September, 77° and 58° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J 59° 43° F M A M J J A S 77° 58° O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 59° and 43°; warmest in September, 77° and 58° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J 59° 43° F M A M J J A S 77° 58° O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 59° and lows near 43°; warmest in September, with highs near 77° and lows near 58°. About 16 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hayward Air Terminal weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Alameda County

  1. TeslaAutomobile manufacturing16,609
  2. University of California-BerkeleyUniversity or college13,422
  3. Lucid Motors HQEngineering design services4,263
  4. Oakland UnifiedSchool district3,988FTE
  5. Lam Research Corp. Fremont CampusSemiconductor making machinery manufacturing3,332
  6. Sutter Bay HospitalsHealthcare3,275
  7. University of California-System Administration Central OfficeUniversity or college3,038
  8. Alameda Health SystemGeneral hospital3,006FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,208 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 235,507 people in all across the county; Fairview has one of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. EarthquakesRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fairview’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Alameda County.