Fairfield, California City of Fairfield Official seal of City of Fairfield Location in Solano County and the state of California Location in Solano County and the state of California City of Fairfield is positioned in the US City of Fairfield - City of Fairfield Fairfield is a town/city in, and the governmental center of county of, Solano County, California, United States.
It is generally considered the midpoint between the metros/cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the town/city center of both cities, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the town/city center of Oakland, less than 19 miles (31 km) from Napa Valley, 16 miles (26 km) from the Carquinez Bridge, and 14 miles (23 km) from the Benicia Bridge.
Other close-by cities include Suisun City, Vacaville, Rio Vista, Benicia, and Napa.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 37.6 square miles (97 km2), of which, 34.4 square miles (89 km2) of it is territory and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) of it is water.
The town/city is positioned inside the California Coastal Ranges.
The town/city is centered directly north of the Suisun Bay and northeast of the San Pablo Bay.
According to the City of Fairfield website, Native Americans, such as those from the Ion culture, settled in the Rockville and Green Valley areas.
Artifacts that have been found from some of the earliest human inhabitants of the Fairfield region are dated to be around five to six thousand years old, making them some of the earliest Native American settlements in Northern California.
He not only parceled out the town in 1856, but also, in a commercially shrewd move, entered Fairfield in the race for Solano County seat in 1858, and won it from Benicia.
In 1903 Fairfield was incorporated as a city.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Fairfield had a populace of 105,321.
The Enumeration reported that 102,832 citizens (97.6% of the population) lived in homeholds, 1,221 (1.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,268 (1.2%) were institutionalized.
There were 34,484 homeholds, out of which 14,725 (42.7%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 18,461 (53.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 5,203 (15.1%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2,179 (6.3%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 28,499 citizens (27.1%) under the age of 18, 11,246 citizens (10.7%) aged 18 to 24, 28,917 citizens (27.5%) aged 25 to 44, 25,884 citizens (24.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 10,775 citizens (10.2%) who were 65 years of age or older.
61,652 citizens (58.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 41,180 citizens (39.1%) lived in rental housing units.
There are 30,870 homeholds out of which 43.1% have kids under the age of 18 living with them, 58.4% are married couples living together, 14.2% have a female homeholder with no husband present, and 22.2% are non-families.
In the city, the populace is spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who are 65 years of age or older.
Climate data for Fairfield, California Average rain days ( 0.01 in) 11 10 9 6 3 1 0 0 1 3 7 10 60 According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 6 City of Fairfield 502 Area high schools: Armijo High School (International Baccalaureate program) Fairfield High School Sem Yeto High School (at Fairfield High School) Area middle schools: Area alternative schools and other programs: Mary Bird Early Education Center (opening 2016-2017 school year) Travis Community Day School Area elementary schools: Anna Kyle Elementary School Center Elementary School Cleo Gordon Elementary School Cordelia Hills Elementary School Fairview Elementary School Jones Elementary School (GATE Magnet Site) Laurel Creek Elementary School Nelda Mundy Elementary School Rolling Hills Elementary School Scandia Elementary School Tolenas Elementary School Travis Elementary School Vanden High School, Golden West Middle School, Travis Education Center, Travis Community Day School, Center Elementary School, Scandia Elementary School, and Travis Elementary School are part of the Travis Unified School District (TUSD), and serve Travis Air Force Base (TAFB) as well as parts of Fairfield and Vacaville.
Golden Hills Community School is part of the Solano County Office of Education (SCOE).
Universities and universities nearby: the California Maritime Academy (CSU), UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Sacramento State, CSU East Bay, Sonoma State, St.
The chief campus of Solano Community College is positioned in Fairfield as well as satellite campuses of University of Phoenix, Brandman University, Inter - Coast Colleges, and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (at Travis AFB).
Aerial view of Fairfield, with Travis Air Force Base in the upper center.
Fairfield Linear Park Contains a brand new Aquatics Complex, the Fairfield Sports Center, and Fairfield-Suisun Rotary Skate Park.
Contains softball fields, Little League baseball fields, a soccer field, a large picnic region with assembled in grills, a park for small kids and a park for grown children, and is next to Laurel Creek Elementary School, which has outside basketball courts.
Fairfield is home to three golf courses, two enhance and one private (located in unincorporated region East of Fairfield, North of TAFB for use by military personnel).
Paradise Valley and Rancho Solano Golf Courses, both public, are rated in the Zagat Survey of "America's Best Golf Courses," rated 3 stars by Golf Digest Magazine in 2010 and voted #1 & #2 golf courses in Solano County for consecutive years.
Interstate 680 begins its journey south through the easterly metros/cities of the Bay Area to San Jose.
State Route 12 joins Fairfield with Napa to the west, and Rio Vista to the east.
Fairfield-Vacaville is a current barns station assembly universal in Fairfield, positioned on Peabody Rd, which would serve the communities of Fairfield/Suisun and Vacaville.
Completion is projected for March 2017. When completed, the station will see service from Capitol Corridor trains directed by Amtrak California. Currently, the Suisun-Fairfield barns station in Suisun City serves the central Solano area.
The Fairfield Transportation Center is the chief hub for commuters via bus as well as vanpools and park-and-ride to the Sacramento region and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Desmond Bishop, former starting middle linebacker for the NFL Green Bay Packers, Graduated from Fairfield High School class of 2002 Deone Bucannon, starting safety for the NFL Arizona Cardinals, Graduated from Vanden High School class of 2009 Huck Flener, graduated from Armijo High School Augie Galan, MLB All-Star outfielder, lived and died in Fairfield Quinton Ganther, NFL no-charge agent, graduated from Fairfield High School class of 2002 Pat Morita, Oscar-nominated actor best known as Mr Miyagi from Karate Kid, longtime Fairfield resident, graduated from Armijo High School Sabathia, MLB starting pitcher for the New York Yankees and a resident of the Fairfield region The Solano County Government Center in Downtown Fairfield City of Fairfield, CA.
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"General Climate Summary Tables - Fairfield, California".
"Monthly Averages for Fairfield, CA (94534)".
City of Fairfield CAFR "Fairfield Train Station Specific Plan".
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