2026 Compare Cities Economy:
Albany, CA vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Household income in Fairfax, is 4% more than it is in Albany and is 42% above the National Average.
- Albany unemployment rate is 6.5%.
- Fairfax unemployment rate is 4.3%.
 Albany, CAFairfax, VAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock4.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth36.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.8%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$58,466  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$118,492$69,021
 Family Median Income$139,643  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Albany, CAFairfax, VAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock5.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock4.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K4.0%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock5.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.4%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock15.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K10.8%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock26.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Albany, CAFairfax, VAUnited States
 Management, business, finance22.1%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock15.2%6.5%
 Community, social services1.5%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock3.5%1.2%
 Education, library13.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock4.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support11.9%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair2.2%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock6.5%13.1%
Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 14 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 11 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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