North Carolina · Census place 3722500
Fairview, North Carolina
Fairview is a town in Union County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,775 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 187th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,775
- #187 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +8.6%
- +300 people
- Land area
- 30.0 sq mi
- + 0.34 sq mi water
- Density
- 126 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Fairview population, 2020 to 2024
Fairview added 300 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.6%. In the latest year it moved by +71.
Fairview covers 29.98 square miles of land and 0.34 of water, for 126 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Fairview is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fairview is in
All of Fairview's residents live in Union County, which had 263,386 residents in 2024. Fairview holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fairview
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fairview by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28079, 28110. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Fairview is
The Census internal point of Fairview is at 35.156000, -80.524400. Raleigh, the capital, is 114.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Unionville, NC (7,258 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 17.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.156000, -80.524400
- DMS
- 35°09'21.60"N 80°31'27.84"W
- UTM
- 17N 543316.9E 3890446.6N
- Geohash
- dnnxzxgyt
- Plus code
- 867X5F4G+C6
Daylight in Fairview
At 35.16° N, Fairview gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fairview
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Unionville, 5.4 miles away, with 7,258 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fairview, NC?
3,775 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 300 (8.6%) from 3,475 in July 2020.
What county is Fairview in?
Union County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fairview?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28079, 28110.
How far is Fairview from Raleigh?
114.5 miles (184.3 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Fairview.
What is the nearest larger city to Fairview?
Unionville, NC, with 7,258 residents, 5.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.