Fairfield is a city located in the northeastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, USA. It is approximately 40 miles from both San Francisco and Sacramento, approximately 35 miles from Oakland, and less than 10 miles from the Napa Valley wine country. Fairfield was founded in 1859 by clippership captain Robert H. Waterman, and named after his former hometown of Fairfield, Connecticut. It is the home of Travis Air Force Base and the Jelly Belly factory, and has a population of 104,476. It shares a border with its sister city, Suisun City. Other nearby cities include Vacaville, Benicia, Napa and Vallejo. Fairfield is the county seat of Solano County. Fairfield apartments for rent comparison page shows most up to date rent information on Fairfield apartments and houses. Rent information is obtained from multiple rental sources but we cannot guarantee their accuracy.