# House Hacking in Fairfield (94533): Downtown upzone, Amtrak, and a 13,000-job base · The Rent Hacker > Fairfield 94533 for house hackers: Fairfield's transit-and-jobs core: a deliberate downtown upzone next to Amtrak rail and a 13,000-person federal base, at th Canonical: https://therenthacker.com/house-hacking/fairfield-downtown-94533/ Source: The Rent Hacker (https://therenthacker.com/). License: RSL, attribution required — https://therenthacker.com/license.xml --- [North Bay guide](/house-hacking/north-bay/) · Tier A · Rank #8 of 30 # House hacking in Fairfield (Downtown / West Texas). Fairfield's transit-and-jobs core: a deliberate downtown upzone next to Amtrak rail and a 13,000-person federal base, at the metro's most affordable price band. ## What's actually happening in 94533 - Adopted Heart of Fairfield Specific Plan (adopted 2017): 513 acres enabling 1,600 units plus 140,000 sf commercial. City of Fairfield / CEQAnet 2015122005 - Under construction West Texas Complete Streets: $10.08M, under construction since Apr 2025. City of Fairfield - Operational Fairfield Transportation Center in-ZIP plus the Suisun-Fairfield Amtrak stop 0.8 miles out. [Capitol Corridor](https://www.capitolcorridor.org/) - Existing anchor Travis AFB: 13,414 personnel and a $1.6–3.7B regional impact, about 3 miles away. [Solano EDC](https://solanoedc.org/defense-related) ## The numbers Median price ~$609K (Zillow ZHVI/Redfin, 2026) Market rent all-bed ~$2,391/mo (Zumper, May 2026) Property tax (Solano County) 1.21% median effective (new-buyer ~1.15–1.30%; Mello-Roos possible in new tracts) Per-bed rent band $950–1,200/mo per bed ADU rent band $1,800–2,200/mo Whole-home rent band $2,800–3,400/mo whole-home Underwriting vacancy 5% underwriting vacancy Appreciation scenarios 1.5 / 2.5 / 4.0 %/yr (conservative / base / upside) Valley floor. Appreciation basis: Adopted downtown upzone, Amtrak at 0.8 mi, and the Travis AFB demand floor. Rent bands are city-level medians; confirm the specific parcel before trusting any of them. [Run your own scenario in the calculator](/calculator/). ## Buildings we underwrote in 94533 4 buildings in 94533 carry a record. 2 beat renting and index funds; the rest did not. Every row links to its own page, with the numbers it was scored on. Property At our defaults Status [1713 Fillmore St](/property/rh-3auu1k/1713-fillmore-st/) 4 units · $925,000 +$5,758 House-Hack Underwritten — beats renting and index funds, below the publish cut [1718 Fillmore St](/property/rh-8afkst/1718-fillmore-st/) 4 units · $951,150 +$3,674 House-Hack Underwritten — beats renting and index funds, below the publish cut [424 San Marco St](/property/rh-phgs61/424-san-marco-st/) 5 units · $915,000 −$45,555 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults [1722 Indiana St](/property/rh-5wzf7k/1722-indiana-st/) 2 units · $599,000 −$202,250 S&P 500 Underwritten — the index wins at our defaults The full [board](/board/) shows every region's current week; this table is every record we hold for 94533, newest basis first. ## The house-hack angle The state ADU parking exemption within a half-mile of the Transportation Center covers the downtown core; room-by-room to a military and civil-service renter pool; small multifamily in the upzone's high-density districts. ## What breaks it - No Sunday bus service, so tenants realistically own cars - Heart of Fairfield build-out pace against its 1,600-unit ceiling is unverified - City ADU ordinance may need a state-compliance update This page is the standing analysis. The weekly part, actual Fairfield-area listings that pass the math, lands on the North Bay board every Monday. [This week's North Bay board](/board/sf-north-bay/) [This week's North Bay board](/board/sf-north-bay/) · [Read past North Bay issues](/issues/sf-north-bay/) · [Every pick, on the record](/track-record/) · [How a deal becomes a pick](/methodology/) Data synthesized 2026-07-06, catalysts re-verified 2026-07-13. Mortgage-rate basis: 6.43% (Freddie Mac PMMS, week of 2026-07-02). Sources are the public planning documents and market listings named above, fetched on the synthesis date. Nothing here is investment advice; every deal needs a bindable insurance quote and parcel-level verification.