Fair OaksIN
The town was settled in 1884 and has 323 residents today.
Is Fair Oaks a good place to live?
39% of households are owner-occupiers in Fair Oaks, below both Indiana’s towns (76%) and U.S. towns (73%). Fair Oaks has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
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Fair Oaks has 0.0 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
15% of Fair Oaks residents live below the poverty line. Half the trips to work are shorter than 24 miles. The top destinations are Colfax Township (10%), Rensselaer (7%) and Union Township (7%).
| Fair Oaks | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical Fair Oaks home is worth about $343K
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 5.7%.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The biggest natural risk in Fair Oaks is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Fair Oaks’ natural-hazard score from FEMA is 25 of 100. Expected losses in Fair Oaks break down as 44% from inland flooding and 26% from cold waves. One declared disaster, in 2003, has brought federal aid to Fair Oaks households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Fair Oaks’ year
Summers in Fair Oaks are pleasant, and winters chilly. Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 17°; snowfall runs to about 30 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Fair Oaks
Moving to Fair Oaks: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fair Oaks, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Fair Oaks for work
Where Fair Oaks’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Fair Oaks; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Fair Oaks residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
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