Fairfield Residents Rank 62 In CA Holiday Shopping Budgets: LIST

It's the most wonderful time of the year, but between gift buying and wrapping, decorations and holiday meals, it's going to be an expensive season. But how much is too much when it comes to holiday spending?

To help you avoid that post-holiday financial regret, the people over at the personal finance website WalletHub calculated a "maximum holiday budget" for the average resident in each of 570 U.S. cities as "the average holiday spending in 2017 [is] expected to reach more than $967, an increase of 3.4 percent since 2016 and more than 20 percent over the past two years," the company said.

Holiday budgets vary from state to state and city to city. According to the newly released 2017 Holiday Budgets By City study, Naperville, Illinois residents can afford the highest amount in holiday spending — coming in at an average budget of $2,381 per person.

In California, NoCal cities ranked as the state's top 10 big spenders including Sunnyvale, whose residents are 4th in the nation with the ability to spend an average of $2,360 per person. By comparison, in SoCal, Orange County's Yorba Linda residents should budget an estimated $1,622 per person.

But what about here in Fairfield? Well, the study found that residents should each budget about $700.

Here's how the 131 California cities analyzed by WalletHub ranked, from the highest average budget per person to the lowest:

1. Nationally, no. 4 - Sunnyvale: $2,381
2. Nationally, no. 6 - Milpitas: $2,262
3. Nationally, no. 13- San Ramon: $1,916
4. Nationally, no. 15 - Mountain View: $1,841
5. Nationally, no. 17- Pleasanton: $1,806
6. Nationally, no. 21 - Santa Clara: $1,706
7. Nationally, no. 23 - Palo Alto: $1,689
8. Nationally, no. 24 - Yorba Linda: $1,622
9. Nationally, no. 26 - Fremont: $1,582
10. Nationally, no. 27 - San Francisco: $1,575
11. Nationally, no. 32 - San Mateo: $1,485
12. Nationally, no. 36 - Livermore: $1,449
13. Nationally, no. 38 - Mission Viejo: $1,444
14. Nationally, no. 53 - Santa Monica: $1,306
15. Nationally, no. 60 - Elk Grove: $1,223
16. Nationally, no. 68 - Walnut Creek: $1,187
17. Nationally, no. 77 - Carlsbad: $1,132
18. Nationally, no. 79 - Newport Beach: $1,124
19. Nationally, no. 84 - Folsom: $1,090
20. Nationally, no. 88 - Laguna Niguel: $1,083
21. Nationally, no. 89 - Lake Forest: $1,075
22. Nationally, no. 93 - Thousand Oaks: $1,068
23. Nationally, no. 96 - San Jose: $1,041
24. Nationally, no. 97 - Chino Hills: $1,039
25. Nationally, no. 99 - Union City: $1,022
26. Nationally, no. 101 - Santa Clarita: $1,018
27. Nationally, no. 104 - Redwood City: $1,007
28. Nationally, no. 110 - Simi Valley: $982
29. Nationally, no. 112 - Temecula: $981
30. Nationally, no. 114 - Irvine: $945
31. Nationally, no. 119 - South San Francisco: $928
32. Nationally, no. 120 - Redondo Beach: $926
33. Nationally, no. 121 - Alameda: $924
34. Nationally, no. 123 - Lakewood: $912
35. Nationally, no. 127 - Roseville: $900
36. Nationally, no. 130 - Daly City: $894
37. Nationally, no. 132 - Huntington Beach: $892
38. Nationally, no. 137 - Vacaville: $870
39. Nationally, no. 145 - Torrance: $855
40. Nationally, no. 146 - Antioch: $852
41. Nationally, no. 153 - Carson: $838
42. Nationally, no. 156 - Tracy: $835
43. Nationally, no. 157 - Rancho Cucamonga: $833
44. Nationally, no. 158 - Murrieta: $829
45. Nationally, no. 159 - Orange: $828
46. Nationally, no. 160 - San Marcos: $827
47. Nationally, no. 167 - Camarilo: $812
48. Nationally, no. 180 - Costa Mesa: $778
49. Nationally, no. 186 - Concord: $769
50. Nationally, no. 190 - Redlands: $757
51. Nationally, no. 191 - Hayward: $756
52. Nationally, no. 194 - San Buenaventura (Ventura): $748
53. Nationally, no. 196 - West Covina: $748
54. Nationally, no. 201 - San Clemente: $743
55. Nationally, no. 203 - Berkeley: $738
56. Nationally, no. 206 - Santa Rosa: $736
57. Nationally, no. 212 - Pasadena: $719
58. Nationally, no. 213 - Fullerton: $717
59. Nationally, no. 215 - Whittier: $715
60. Nationally, no. 220 - Tustin: $707
61. Nationally, no. 221 - Corona: $706
62. Nationally, no. 225 - Fairfield: $700
63. Nationally, no. 227- Buena Park: $700
64. Nationally, no. 229 - San Diego: $698
65. Nationally, no. 240 - Clovis: $680
66. Nationally, no. 241 - Chino: $679
67. Nationally, no. 245 - Burbank: $668
68. Nationally, no. 246 - Napa: $667
69. Nationally, no. 251 - Moreno Valley: $662
70. Nationally, no. 252 - Chula Vista: $662
71. Nationally, no. 253 - Fontana: $661
72. Nationally, no. 254 - Pittsburg: $660
73. Nationally, no. 260 - Upland: $647
74. Nationally, no. 265- San Leandro: $643
75. Nationally, no. 270 - Baldwin Park: $638
76. Nationally, no. 271 - Riverside: $638
77. Nationally, no. 272 - Santa Barbara: $636
78. Nationally, no. 276 - Oakland: $633
79. Nationally, no. 277 - Santa Ana: $633
80. Nationally, no. 280 - Norwalk: $631
81. Nationally, no. 289 - Downey: $626
82. Nationally, no. 308 - Anaheim: $613
83. Nationally, no. 310 - Menifee: $612
84. Nationally, no. 315 - Manteca: $606
85. Nationally, no. 316 - Garden Grove: $606
86. Nationally, no. 317 - Davis: $605
87. Nationally, no. 320 - Richmond: $604
88. Nationally, no. 324 - Bakersfield: $601
89. Nationally, no. 333 - Citrus Heights: $592
90. Nationally, no. 334 - Vista: $592
91. Nationally, no. 338 - Westminster: $588
92. Nationally, no. 340 - Oceanside: $585
93. Nationally, no. 345 - Santa Maria: $584
94. Nationally, no. 346 - Salinas: $584
95. Nationally, no. 350 - Carmichael: $583
96. Nationally, no. 353 - Escondido: $581
97. Nationally, no. 359 - Visalia: $573
98. Nationally, no. 364 - Rancho Cordova: $571
99. Nationally, no. 366 - Glendale: $565
100. Nationally, no. 372 - Long Beach: $560
101. Nationally, no. 382 - Modesto: $547
102. Nationally, no. 384 - Ontario: $545
103. Nationally, no. 389 - Sacramento: $541
104. Nationally, no. 412 - Riato: $526
105. Nationally, no. 413 - Hesperia: $526
106. Nationally, no. 415 - Pomona: $521
107. Nationally, no. 423 - Palmdale: $513
108. Nationally, no. 431 - Yuba City: $506
109. Nationally, no. 441- Turlock: $499
110. Nationally, no. 442 - Alhambra: $498
111. Nationally, no. 461 - Stockton: $482
112. Nationally, no. 466 - El Monte: $475
113. Nationally, no. 469 - Victorville: $468
114. Nationally, no. 471 - Perris: $467
115. Nationally, no. 475 - Compton: $466
116. Nationally, no. 479 - Inglewood: $462
117. Nationally, no. 481 - Apple Valley: $455
118. Nationally, no. 482 - Redding: $454
119. Nationally, no. 483 - Bellflower: $452
120. Nationally, no. 487 - Lancaster: $450
121. Nationally, no. 496 - Hawthorne: $438
122. Nationally, no. 502 - South Gate: $430
123. Nationally, no. 503 - Fresno: $430
124. Nationally, no. 509 - El Cajon: $419
125. Nationally, no. 526 - Merced: $388
126. Nationally, no. 531 - San Bernardino: $372
127. Nationally, no. 532 - Chico: $370
128. Nationally, no. 533 - Hemet: $369
129. Nationally, no. 555 - Indio: $258
130. Nationally, no. 562 - Los Angeles: $246
131. Nationally, no. 566 - Lynwood: $122

WalletHub said it came up with its rankings by "using five key characteristics of the population, such as income, age and savings-to-monthly expenses ratio." Click here for the study's methodology.

WalletHub also released a free tool that calculates personalized holiday budgets for its members. You can find that tool here.

Find WalletHub's full 2017 holiday spending rankings here.

— By Renee Schiavone and Ashley Ludwig, Patch Staff / Image via Shutterstock