FairportIA
Is Fairport a good place to live?
100% of households are owner-occupiers in Fairport, where Iowa’s towns sit at 70% and U.S. towns at 73%. 12% of the land in Fairport is conserved, where Iowa’s towns sit at 3.1% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Pine Mill Bridge and Pine Mills German Methodist Episcopal Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Fairport has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Fairport stand out
Where Fairport beats most towns.
109 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Fairport: who provides what
Fairport is unincorporated, so Muscatine County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fairport.
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Fairport work out of town
The top destinations are Muscatine (30%), Davenport (16%) and Durant (7%). For half of commuters, work is under 14 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Fairport brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 14°; snowfall runs to about 24 inches a winter. Summers in Fairport are warm, and winters cold.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fairport State Recreation Area | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A larger share of adults have high blood pressure in Fairport than in most of Iowa or the rest of the country
Only 2 of the 141 Iowa towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Fairport. The share of adults in Fairport who have diabetes: 14%. Of 32 CDC measures, Fairport beats the Iowa average on 5 and trails it on 7.
| Fairport | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Fairport | IA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 11.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83.2% | 77.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.8% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fairport has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Fairport’s natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 50 of 100. FEMA puts half of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to drought.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Rock Island Arsenal and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fairport. Close and well known come first.
21 mi Ancient siteRock Island Arsenal
36 mi Stadium & arenaKinnick Stadium
27 mi MuseumHerbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
18 mi MuseumBlack Hawk State Historic Site
27 mi National Historic SiteHerbert Hoover National Historic Site107K visitors a year
19 mi MuseumFigge Art Museum77K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Rock Island Arsenal: Robert A, Ryan, J. Ceronia, and Bruce A. Harms, Photographers, Public domain · Kinnick Stadium: Count_de_Des_Moines (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum: Shadow2700, Public domain · Black Hawk State Historic Site: Bill Whittaker (talk). Original uploader was Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herbert Hoover National Historic Site: Billwhittaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Figge Art Museum: Ctjf83, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Fairport
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Fairport; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Fairport residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Iowa.
100% of working residents leave Fairport for work
Where Fairport’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Fairport
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fairport, IA a good place to live?
Fairport has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.