Fair Oaks is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 32,514 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Fair Oaks is the 241st largest community in California.

Housing costs in Fair Oaks are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Fair Oaks has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Fair Oaks telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.44% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The citizens of Fair Oaks are among the most well-educated in the nation: 47.31% of adults in Fair Oaks have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fair Oaks in 2022 was $58,057, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $232,228 for a family of four. However, Fair Oaks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fair Oaks is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fair Oaks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fair Oaks residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Fair Oaks also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.76% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fair Oaks include English, German, Irish, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Fair Oaks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.