About Fair Oaks
Fair Oaks, CA is a small unincorporated community located in northern California.
Fair Oaks holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 10.88 square miles.
📰 Fair Oaks News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Fair Oaks Unique
- One of 7 places in the US named Fair Oaks — but the California one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Easy reach of Citrus Heights (4 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
📍 Neighborhoods in Fair Oaks
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Fair Oaks
- Bento Revolving Sushi — sushi
- Gluten OFF Bakery — american (café)
- Hibachi Buffet Sushi & Grill — chinese
- Kiki's Chicken Place — chicken wings
- Pause Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- Shangri La
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Badfish (café)
- Black Bear Diner — american
- Carmelita's — mexican
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Fair Oaks History Center & Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fair Oaks
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Fair Oaks
- Bella Vista High
- Del Campo High
- Earl Legette Elementary
- El Sereno Alternative Education
- Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary
- La Vista Center
- Meraki High
- Northridge Elementary
- Orangevale Open K-8
- Will Rogers Middle
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.