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A town of 1,342, settled in 1859. Home to 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.

Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
1,342
−3.5% since 2010
Median home value
$298K
Census ACS
Household income
$66K
median
Median age
40.3
years
Jobs based here
312
A commuter town

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Small town

1,342 people, and everyone knows the way

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Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Fairview

Most working residents leave Fairview for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (18%), Provo (6%) and Moroni (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

7%work in town

Where working residents work

In Fairview7%
Mount Pleasant18%
Provo6%
Moroni5%
Ephraim4%
33 mi
median commute distance
312
jobs based in Fairview
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Snowy winters, pleasant summers

Fairview has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 11°, and about 106 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

106″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter13–38°
Spring30–59°
Summer48–84°
Fall31–63°
Sep 25
typical first frost
May 26
typical last frost
+1.5°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

Healthier than 59% of U.S. towns

Fairview beats the Utah average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13.

BHealth Grade
32 measures vs. Utah
2 better17 too close to call13 worse
What stands outFairviewUT
Fewer binge drinkers10.1%12.4%
More adults treating high blood pressure73.6%65.6%
More adults with COPD8.4%4.6%
Intermountain Health Sanpete Valley Hospital
6.9 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
13th
percentile among UT towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Schools

Fairview’s public schools outperform 46% of Utah districts

The public schools Fairview’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Utah’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

B−School Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Fairview SchoolK–6235B+
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduationAll 1 schools →
Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with avalanches at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities.

54risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
54Moderate riskLowerHigher
AvalanchesInland floodingWildfire
1
paid flood claims since 1980
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Outdoors

0% of Fairview is conserved land

0.1 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 799 acres
0.1 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Iven R. Cox Lions Park—1
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
A commuter town

93% of working residents leave Fairview for work

Where Fairview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

18% → Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant 18% 6% → Provo Provo 6% 5% → Moroni Moroni 5% 4% → Ephraim Ephraim 4% 4% → Springville Springville 4% 3% → Nephi Nephi 3% Fairview · 7% stay
312jobs based in Fairview
7%of working residents work in town
33 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

Beeline Service Station
1981 · Beeline Service Station · Wikimedia Commons
Fairview’s story

167 years in pictures

6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 5 places on the National Register.

Beeline Service Station
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Landmarks

5 places in Fairview on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Famous people from Fairview

4 notable people were born in Fairview.

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About Fairview

City in Utah, United States

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Fairview is a city in northern Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,203 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1859
Population
1,203
Area
1.2 sq mi
Elevation
5,948 ft
ZIP code
84629
Area code
435

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