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Fairview Heights, IL
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Living in Fairview Heights



Fairview Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 16,324 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fairview Heights is the 155th largest community in Illinois.

Also of interest is that Fairview Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Fairview Heights is also a city of artists. Fairview Heights has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fairview Heights’s character.

The education level of Fairview Heights citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.21% of adults in Fairview Heights have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fairview Heights in 2018 was $37,540, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,160 for a family of four. However, Fairview Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fairview Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fairview Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairview Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fairview Heights include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Fairview Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.


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