Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0For about two in five of its working residents, Fairview is a commute to Portland
Measured by household income, Fairview is behind 58% of U.S. towns. Only 2% work in Fairview; the top destination outside it is Portland (43%, 10 miles). At 23 minutes each way, commutes from Fairview run about the Oregon average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fairview, in a few figures
What’s behind Fairview’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fairview is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #69 of 142 in Oregon. Job access by car holds Fairview’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairview could be anywhere from C to A−.
Out of Fairview to work: where people go
Where Fairview clocks in
14% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How a workday changes Fairview
On a workday 4,141 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 2,846 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Fairview on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
67% of the jobs in Fairview pay over $3,333 a month
2,941 jobs are based in Fairview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 2,349 → 2,941. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fairview’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,828 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Fairview to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Fairview is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,757 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 86% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 13.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.9% of Fairview households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Fairview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairview is 1,511th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Bull Mountain OR | 9,865 | $165K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 185 | Oak Hills OR | 11,131 | $127K | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 380 | Damascus OR | 11,437 | $123K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Platteville WI | 11,815 | $43K | 23.9% | 4.9% | 32% | B− |
| 1,510 | Lakewood Park FL | 13,866 | $64K | 9.4% | 3.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,511 | Fairview OR | 10,762 | $70K | 17.5% | 4.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,512 | Irmo SC | 12,204 | $80K | 9.2% | 8.4% | 5% | B− |
| 1,513 | Lake Arrowhead CA | 10,639 | $95K | 11.1% | 3.9% | 17% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fairview, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
21% of Fairview works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Gresham (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | – | B− | A | 23 min | $70,107 |
| Gresham | 14% | B− | A+ | 26 min | $77,795 |
| Wood Village | 2% | B+ | A− | 29 min | $85,413 |
| Troutdale | 5% | B+ | A− | 24 min | $89,337 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fairview: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview?
$70,107 (±$9,355) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview?
17.5%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview work?
2% work in town.
Is Fairview walkable?
Fairview is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairview without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.