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Fairview, New York.

A community in Dutchess County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Dutchess County’s.

Living in Fairview, Dutchess County, New York

Fairview, in Dutchess County, had 5,475 people in the 2020 census. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Dutchess County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 5,475 in the 2020 census; median age 34.3
Household income Too few homes in Fairview for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.9% Dutchess County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes 65% lived in by their owners; 35% rented
  • 2,331households
  • 28%of adults have a degree
  • 22%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care34%
  • Shops (retail)19%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Other services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dutchess County had 116,699 jobs in 2025, 3.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 35° and 19°; warmest in July, 83° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 35° 19° F M A M J J 83° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 35° and 19°; warmest in July, 83° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 35° 19° F M A M J J 83° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 63°. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Poughkeepsie weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Fairview

  1. Dutchess Community CollegeTwo-year college722
  2. Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley PCPhysicians' offices543
  3. Children's Home of PoughkeepsieFamily welfare services348
  4. Ocean State Job Lot NY1508All other general merchandise retailers39
  5. New York Communications CoJanitorial equipment and supplies stores33

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 963 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fairview’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dutchess County.