A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Fairfield$3,520/mo

Typical home $599K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $2,266/mo · Housing →

Pittsburg$3,300/mo

Typical home $559K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $2,264/mo · Housing →

The difference: $220 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Fairfield and Pittsburg.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Fairfield places higher on 13 of 22 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−FairfieldSafer than 17% of U.S. towns C−PittsburgSafer than 18% of U.S. towns

Schools

BFairfieldBetter than 57% of districts in the state BPittsburgBetter than 55% of districts in the state

Health

BFairfieldHealthier than 60% of U.S. towns B−PittsburgHealthier than 49% of U.S. towns

13Fairfield

7Pittsburg

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #238#536 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #571#770 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #443#287 Most activeHealth · 844 towns #495#624 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 844 towns #448#568 HealthiestHealth · 844 towns #446#546 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #184#99 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #451#526

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Fairfield’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

FairfieldPittsburg

Snow a year0″0″

January low40°F 42°F

July high90°F 88°F

Growing season (days)336d 346d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)87th 81st

Outdoors & history

FairfieldPittsburg

Trails33 mi 27 mi

Conserved land9.3%7.4%

Settled1859 1839

National Register places1 —

Archive photos12 18

Famous people born here40 34

Community

FairfieldPittsburg

Library hours a week57 hrs 49 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

18 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FairfieldPittsburg

Fairfield ↔ Pittsburg18 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

FairfieldPittsburg

People

Population 120,785Highest 76,257Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.8%Lowest CA: +6.1% +20.8%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 36.9±0.6Highest about the CA average 36.6±1.2Lowest 3% below CA

Fairfield and Pittsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24.1%±1.1Highest CA: 22% 21.8%±1.4Lowest CA: 22%

Fairfield and Pittsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 14.9%±0.8Highest CA: 15.7% 14.2%±1.1Lowest CA: 15.7%

Fairfield and Pittsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.6%Highest CA: 37.1% 23.6%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.2%±0.8Lowest CA: 7.6% 8.3%±0.9Highest CA: 7.6%

Pittsburg and Fairfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $101,895±$3kHighest about the CA average $99,861±$6kLowest about the CA average

Fairfield and Pittsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $624,300±$10kHighest 15% below CA $597,900±$13kLowest 19% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,266±$47Highest 11% above CA $2,264±$58Lowest 11% above CA

Fairfield and Pittsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,677Lowest 9% below CA $4,689Highest 8% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 65%±4.2Lowest CA: 55.3% 65.9%±6.1Highest CA: 55.3%

Pittsburg and Fairfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.2%Lowest CA: 12% 11.2%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.3%Lowest CA: 55.9% 62.3%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 10 yrs newer than CA 1983Lowest 7 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minLowest 7% above CA 38 minHighest 32% above CA

Work from home 11.6%±1.4Highest CA: 17.2% 9.4%±1.3Lowest CA: 17.2%

Fairfield and Pittsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 19.5%Highest 8.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 22.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.80Highest 0.45Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Vacaville (6%)Concord (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PittsburgFew work in Fairfield

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.3%Highest 7.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 32.8 miHighest 27.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 25 25

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 79.8Highest 74.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #238 of 574 in CA #536 of 574 in CA

School district Fairfield-Suisun Unified · Travis UnifiedMt. Diablo Unified · Pittsburg Unified

High school in town Angelo Rodriguez HighPittsburg Senior High

Students per teacherat that high school 25.2Highest 21.5Lowest

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Fairfield vs Pittsburg

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Fairfield

Fairfield places higher on 13 of 22 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

18 miles apart

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