MayfairCA
A town of 5,044.
Is Mayfair a good place to live?
Mayfair earns a D, 685th among California's 841 graded towns, mostly because of health. Residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What it does well: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 74% of U.S. towns. Mayfair’s July high is 98°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 81% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
What makes Mayfair stand out
Where Mayfair beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
99% of working residents leave Mayfair for work
Where Mayfair’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Mayfair grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Mayfair is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Mayfair: who provides what
Mayfair is unincorporated, so Fresno County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mayfair.
Mayfair has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, sends most of its workers to Fresno and beyond and has property taxes about half the California norm.
A larger share of adults in Mayfair have obesity than in the typical California or U.S. town
43% of Mayfair adults have obesity. Mayfair beats the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19. 15% of Mayfair adults have diabetes.
| Mayfair | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 22% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 24% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 16% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Mayfair | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.9% | 6.4% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 15.6% | 7.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mayfair faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mayfair stands out in California and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
Mayfair has 126 jobs for its 1,738 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 18.6 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
0.6% of working residents work locally in Mayfair. Jobs based in Mayfair grew to 126 in 2023, 65 more than in 2013. Mayfair’s average trip to work is 19 minutes.
| Mayfair | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Mayfair, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Fresno Yosemite Intl Ap weather station records that about 113 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 98.3°, hotter than in 99% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.4°.
Mayfair has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. The January low in Mayfair is 39°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Mayfair sells for about $268K
The median property tax bill is $1,723, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Valley Children's Stadium and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mayfair. Close and well known come first.
3 mi Stadium & arenaValley Children's Stadium
7 mi MuseumForestiere Underground Gardens
3 mi Stadium & arenaSave Mart Center
3 mi Stadium & arenaChukchansi Park
4 mi Zoo & aquariumFresno Chaffee Zoo4 mi Theme parkRoeding ParkPhoto credits
Valley Children's Stadium: Emedina00, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forestiere Underground Gardens: R&sbwn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Save Mart Center: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Chukchansi Park: YAHQQLIGAN, CC BY 2.0 · Fresno Chaffee Zoo: Jim Moore, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Mayfair
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Mayfair
About 9 of every 100 Mayfair residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About Mayfair
Census-designated place in California, United States
Mayfair is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States. Mayfair sits at an elevation of 249 feet (76 m). The 2020 U.S. census reported Mayfair's population was 4,831.
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- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 315 ft
Questions about Mayfair
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mayfair, CA a good place to live?
Mayfair grades D overall, better than 6% of U.S. towns and #685 of 841 in California. It grades D for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Mayfair, CA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $283,000, 63% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.