City · Major County, Oklahoma

Fairview, Oklahoma

Fairview is a city in Major County, Oklahoma. It has 2,687 residents. Fairview, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 22 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,174 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #72 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on grocery stores (high), social associations (high) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on arts, entertainment and recreation (low), job growth (low) and dentists (low).

22Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,174 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #72 of 237 in OK
Population: 2,687 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 376.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4025100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety35#10,192/15,637
Economy14#13,369/15,631
Housing83#2,553/14,977
Health19#12,701/15,609
Healthcare18#12,822/15,650
Environment12#13,545/15,453
Education55#7,090/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,062/15,650
Community52#7,535/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,214/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fairview, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Major County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Grocery stores · high5.3 /10k
99/100Oklahoma 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMajor County value
Social associations · high22.4 /10k
99/100Oklahoma 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMajor County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low105 min
94/100Oklahoma 122 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMajor County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,757 /100k
92/100Oklahoma 3,055 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMajor County value
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
92/100Oklahoma 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMajor County value
Property crime rate · low466 /100k
91/100Oklahoma 1,814 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMajor County value

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Oklahoma 3.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMajor County value
Job growth · low-5.2%
2/100Oklahoma 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMajor County value
Dentists · low13 /100k
2/100Oklahoma 65 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMajor County value
Traffic deaths · high44.6 /100k
2/100Oklahoma 17.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataMajor County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Oklahoma 3.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMajor County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Oklahoma 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMajor County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
26.1% (2015-2019) → 48.9% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedImproving
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+103%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Average commute timeWorsening
14.8 min (2015-2019) → 23.2 min (2020-2024)
+57%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.6% (2015-2019) → 29.7% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.6× (2015-2019) → 2.4× (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateWorsening
18.4% (2015-2019) → 26.0% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Fairview, Oklahoma improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+6.2 points84.2% → 90.3%

Declined4

Commute+8.5 min14.8 min → 23.2 min
Rent burden+23 points26.1% → 48.9%
Rent / income+10 points19.6% → 29.7%
Price / income+0.8×1.6× → 2.4×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Fairview, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.8 min2015-2019	23.2 min2020-2024	+8.5 min	Declined	3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	84.2%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Improved	39%
Child poverty rate	18.4%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	0.77%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	91.1%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	32%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4002015-2019	0.4442020-2024	+0.044	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$51,1542015-2019	$54,6882020-2024	+6.9%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	13.8%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	19.6%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	9%
Rent-burdened households	26.1%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	+23 points	Declined	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.4%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Fairview, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fairview, Oklahoma in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Fairview, Oklahoma itself moved −23 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,687 residents (±16)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,188 households (±92)

Fairview, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k18%†208
$25k–50k28%332
$50k–75k25%†292

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,188 households (±92)

Fairview, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own76%903
Rent24%285

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,090 workers (±139)

Fairview, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone87%947
Carpool7.4%†81
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Major County, the county holding most of Fairview's residents.

Major County has 236 employer establishments, 310 for every 10,000 residents (1.25× the US rate of 248; 1.31× Oklahoma's), with 1,716 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,698. The Census Bureau also counts 657 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 236; 657 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 310; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 1,716
Average annual pay: $49,698; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Major County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	17	22.4	4.03×More than typical	49	$16,469	—
Specialty trade contractors	15	19.7	1.27×More than typical	92	$49,011	61
Truck transportation	12	15.8	3.12×More than typical	42	$56,333	28
Architectural, engineering and related services	8	10.5	3.02×Too few to compare	10	$32,900	5
Construction of buildings	7	9.2	1.22×Too few to compare	28	$40,000	21
Gasoline stations	7	9.2	2.84×Too few to compare	63	$28,619	—
Building equipment contractors	6	7.9	1.31×Too few to compare	49	$47,837	12
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	6	7.9	11.6×Too few to compare	33	$55,485	5
Grocery and convenience stores	6	7.9	2.66×Too few to compare	87	$14,678	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	6	7.9	1.80×Too few to compare	18	$76,889	9
Other specialty trade contractors	6	7.9	3.14×Too few to compare	34	$46,324	21
Restaurants and other eating places	6	7.9	0.43×Too few to compare	64	$10,422	6

Rank places for an industry Open Major County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,601 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$45.48 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Fairview, Oklahoma: -$0.02 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$45.48; −107% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.02; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

MOI, INC.-$45.480.0%

Spending by fiscal year

125.9FY2017
1.3KFY2018
81.9FY2020
1.7KFY2024
648.8FY2025
-45.5FY2026

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Fairview, Oklahoma, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Fairview is mostly in Major County.

See federal money in Major County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Fairview, Oklahoma is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Frank D. LucasR-OK-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Major County37100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Major County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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