Census-designated place · Fresno County, California
Mayfair, California
Mayfair is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California, part of the Fresno, CA metro area. It has 5,044 residents. Mayfair, California has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,077 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #966 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), drought exposure (low) and distance to an airport (low). It ranks worst on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high), poor or fair health (high) and high ozone days (high).
- Quality-of-life score
- #15,077 of 15,651 cities and towns
- California
- #966 of 1,062 in CA
- Population
- 5,044 (2020-2024)
- Land area
- 1 mi²
- Density
- 9,731.6 /mi²
- FIPS code
- 0646400
Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.
Scores by category
Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.
- Safety22#12,147/15,637
- Economy19#12,672/15,631
- Housing11#13,284/14,977
- Health26#11,500/15,609
- Healthcare36#10,030/15,650
- Environment2#15,077/15,453
- Education2#15,331/15,649
- Infrastructure30#11,025/15,650
- Community5#14,881/15,651
- Leisure & amenities29#11,025/15,651
Strengths · Weaknesses
Indicators where Mayfair, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fresno County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.
Strengths
- Job growth · high3.1%94/100California 0.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFresno County value
- Drought exposure · low1%92/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAFresno County value
- Distance to an airport · low10 mi91/100California 22 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauFresno County value
- Grocery stores · high2.5 /10k89/100California 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFresno County value
- Comfortable days · high32.3%88/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFresno County value
- Mental health providers · high505 /100k87/100California 487 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFresno County value
Weaknesses
- Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high12.0 µg/m³0/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFresno County value
- Poor or fair health · high36.4%2/100California 21.5%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
- High ozone days · high45 days2/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFresno County value
- Unemployment rate · high14.7%
- High school diploma or higher · low78.5%
- Physical inactivity · high39.4%3/100California 23.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Trends
The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.
- Child poverty rateImproving
40.4% (2015-2019) → 26.4% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
- Poverty rateImproving
29.4% (2015-2019) → 18.9% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
- Median household incomeImproving
$42,171 (2015-2019) → $62,191 (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
- Rent as share of incomeImproving
39.1% (2015-2019) → 33.1% (2020-2024)
−6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
- Unemployment rateWorsening
8.8% (2015-2019) → 14.7% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
- Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
84.4% (2015-2019) → 79.0% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
What changed in five years
How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.
Cities and towns like Mayfair, California five years ago that improved
The places whose measures looked most like those of Mayfair, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.
Who lives here
Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).
Income
How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.
Homes
Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.
Getting to work
How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.
Jobs and pay
What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.
Pay in the Fresno, CALocal businesses
Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.
Federal contracts performed here
Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Mayfair is mostly in Fresno County.
See federal money in Fresno CountyRepresentation in Congress
Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.
County
A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.
Metro area
The metro or micro area the city belongs to.
Other cities and towns in Fresno County
Largest first.
Similar cities and towns
Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).
- Farmersville, CA1Alike on Poor health, Inactivity, Food insecurity
- Kerman, CA4Alike on Poor health, Inactivity, Food insecurity
- East Niles, CA0Alike on Poor health, Inactivity, Food insecurity
- Bystrom, CA3Alike on Median age, High school+, Poor health
- Wasco, CA0Alike on Poor health, Inactivity, No transport
Data and sources
Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.
- PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
- Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
- American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
- Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
- Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
- Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
- County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement