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41.73° N · 73.91° W · GEOID 3625109

Fairview

Dutchess County, New York · part of the Kiryas Joel, NY metro

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The short answer

Fairview is home to 6,213 people. Median household income is $67,161 a year and median rent is $1,641 a month, 29.3% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is moderate. The median home is valued at $283,500, about 4.2x annual median household income.

The story in Fairview is how fast things are changing. Housing became less affordable between 2019 and 2024: rent went from 16.2% to 29.3% of income. Also notable: Household income growth is -6.9% a year, against 5.1% a year in its closest peers.

22OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Weak

Fairview scores better than 22% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 293rd of 340 in New York.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%23
Economy 20%39
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%43
Education 10%41
Commute 10%63
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,641
20% above the median place
Median household income
$67,161
16% below the median place
Median home value
$283,500
11% below the median place
Unemployment
5.2%
7% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Fairview

  • HousingHomeowners pay a median of about 2.6% of home value a year in property tax, more than in 97% of the 2,266 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • AffordabilityThe median rent takes 29.3% of the median household's income, a bigger share than in 94% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Fairview

Dutchess County loses about 1.3 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in10,975
Moved out11,281
Net−306

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Ulster County, NY749946−197
New York County, NY546387+159
Kings County, NY616302+314
Queens County, NY476

Within New York, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within New YorkOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$97K
Leavers$85K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Dutchess County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
11.5% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.0% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Dutchess County report $96,700 a year in income on average; those leaving, $85,200, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$65,600 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,641 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,189 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $283,500.
Getting to work
23 minutes each way on average; 10.1% work from home; 3.8% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Rittman, OH matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
11.5%
101% above the median place
Income of households moving in7
$96,749
37% above the median place
Income of households moving out7
$85,187
21% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureFairviewAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year111.5%101% above
Moved from another state1County figure2.0%1% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure-1.3117% below
Income of households moving in7County figure$96,74937% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$85,18721% above
02

What it costs to live here

Compared with the 24 places most like it in size, age, education, housing and region (such as Birdsboro, PA, Manheim, PA and Stratford, NJ), money left after rent here is lower: $43,900 against a typical $63,000.

Fairview29.3%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$65,640
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
29.3%
44% above the median place
Home price to income
4.2x
11% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
29%
just under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$43,800
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Fairview, $1,641 a month, and local prices for everything else (108.1 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Fairview, but easier on the budget

Places that match Fairview on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Rittman, OH9716.2% vs 29.3%$8,100Compare
Charlotte, MI9717.0% vs 29.3%$9,600Compare
Birdsboro, PA9615.9% vs 29.3%$29,000Compare
Cortez, CO9621.8% vs 29.3%n/aCompare

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Property tax rate1
2.6%
190% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$7,496
130% above the median place
Median year built1
1964
1% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureFairviewAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,64120% above
Rent to income129.3%44% above
Property tax rate12.6%190% above
Home price to income14.2x11% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure109.48% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$2,13132% above
HUD area median income4County figure$125,90017% above
Property tax paid (median)1$7,496130% above
Median home value1$283,50011% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure6.3%96% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure55.9%9% above
Homeownership164.7%3% below
Renters paying 30%+152.7%4% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,18917% above
Vacant homes1County figure5.6%21% below
Median year built119641% below
03

Work and pay

Poverty rate is 21.7%, 102% above the median place.

Poverty rate1
21.7%
102% above the median place
Median household income1
$67,161
16% below the median place
Works from home1
10.1%
19% below the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureFairviewAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$67,16116% below
Income per person1$37,3947% below
Unemployment1County figure5.2%7% above
Average annual pay6County figure$73,40411% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure3.5%5% below
Jobs6County figure116,69923% below
Poverty rate121.7%102% above
Mean commute123 min8% below
Works from home110.1%19% below
Commutes by transit1County figure3.8%352% above
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 85.5%, 7% below the median place.

Homes with broadband1
85.5%
7% below the median place
High school or higher1
82.5%
11% below the median place
Median age1
34.3
12% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

No health insurance4.5% −30%
Born abroad12.4% +40%
Bachelor's or higher27.9% −13%
Household size2.4 −3%
All 8 people measures
MeasureFairviewAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population16,2135814th largest
Median age134.312% below
Bachelor's or higher127.9%13% below
High school or higher182.5%11% below
Household size12.43% below
Born abroad112.4%40% above
No health insurance14.5%30% below
Homes with broadband185.5%7% below
05

Life in Fairview

The nearest National Park Service site is Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, about 2 miles away.

272 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 11 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents6.4 −37%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k1.6 −24%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k12.9 +16%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails3 km +45%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.6 2.8×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site 2 miles
  • Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site 3 miles
  • Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site 5 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars27.1 +30%
Shops34.9 +15%
Arts, recreation and fitness6.8 +66%
Doctors' offices and clinics18.7 −7%
Child care centers3.1 +35%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
2.3
93% below the median place
Students per teacher12
11.4
26% below the median place
Restaurants and bars per 10k8
27.1
30% above the median place
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureFairviewAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure74above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure36,579above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure11.426% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure27.130% above
Shops per 10k8County figure34.915% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure6.866% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure18.77% below
Child care centers per 10k8County figure3.135% above
Parks per 10k96.437% below
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k91.624% below
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k912.916% above
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails92.945% above
Transit stops per sq mi90.6176% above
Nearest National Park Service site102.393% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles108300% above
National Register listings11County figure272above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Good air days is 94.0%, 37% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Fairview. Larger places are fetched first.

Good air days15
94.0%
37% above the median place
Median air quality index15
34
21% below the median place
January average low13
17°F
33% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureFairviewAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure84°F3% below
January average low13County figure17°F33% below
Average temperature13County figure50°F9% below
Annual precipitation13County figure45.5 in4% above
Natural hazard risk14County figure88.35% below
Hurricane risk14County figure90.828% above
Tornado risk14County figure63.322% below
Wildfire risk14County figure57.36% below
Heat wave risk14County figure77.514% below
Median air quality index15County figure3421% below
Good air days15County figure94.0%37% above
08

Fairview in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 31% of the median income in 2030, up from 29% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Fairview does better than 20% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 15%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,641/mo (2024)$2,100/mo$1,720 to $2,560/mo+4.2%
Median household income$67,161 (2024)$80,500$68,000 to $95,500+3.1%
Median home value$283,500 (2024)$397,000$288,000 to $546,000+5.8%

The median home would be worth 4.9 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.2 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Fairview

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Wright, FL$1,621$70,195Compare
Laurel, VA$1,616$73,609Compare
Lockhart, FL$1,658$69,602Compare
Garland, TX$1,641$76,320Compare
Garland, TXLockhart, FLLaurel, VAWright, FLFairview, NYFairviewWrightLaurelLockhartGarlandFairviewWrightLaurelLockhartGarland

Places built like Fairview

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Fairview performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Fairview, NY29.3%-6.9%/yrn/a
Birdsboro, PA15.9%5.9%/yr1.0%Compare
Manheim, PA17.0%8.7%/yr-1.5%Compare
Stratford, NJ14.5%4.3%/yr3.2%Compare
Corry, PA19.8%3.6%/yr-3.5%Compare
Runnemede, NJ18.7%6.3%/yr1.4%Compare
Paulsboro, NJ18.2%7.2%/yr2.1%Compare

Common questions

Is Fairview a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 22 out of 100, better than 22% of the places we rate and 293rd of 340 in New York. Homeowners pay a median of about 2.6% of home value a year in property tax, more than in 97% of the 2,266 places under 10,000 people we track. The median rent takes 29.3% of the median household's income, a bigger share than in 94% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 10 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Fairview expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 29.3% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $283,500.

What salary do you need to live in Fairview?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $65,640 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Fairview?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Wright, FL, Laurel, VA, Lockhart, FL and Garland, TX.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Fairview with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Fairview itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/fairview-new-york

Citytistics. “Fairview, New York.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/fairview-new-york/

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