Fairview is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 10,768 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fairview is the 52nd largest community in Oregon.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fairview is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fairview is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairview who work in office and administrative support (15.26%), management occupations (10.68%), and food service (10.07%). Also of interest is that Fairview has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.00% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Fairview citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.88% of adults in Fairview have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fairview in 2022 was $39,328, which is upper middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,312 for a family of four. However, Fairview contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fairview is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fairview home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairview residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fairview also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fairview include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and European. In addition, Fairview has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.79%). The most common language spoken in Fairview is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
