Fairview Heights

• Name — Fairview Heights • Settlement Type — City • Image Map — File:St. Clair County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fairview Heights Highlighted.svg • Mapsize — 260px • Map Caption — Location of Fairview Heights in St. Clair County, Illinois. • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Illinois • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — St. Clair • Subdivision Type3 — Township • Established Title — Founded • Leader Title — Mayor • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 29.79 • Area Total Sq Mi — 11.50 • Area Land Km2 — 29.61 • Area Land Sq Mi — 11.43 • Area Water Km2 — 0.18 • Area Water Sq Mi — 0.07 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Total — 16706 • Population Density Km2 — 564.28 • Population Density Sq Mi — 1461.46 • Timezone — CST • Utc Offset — -6 • Timezone Dst — CDT • Utc Offset Dst — -5 • Elevation Ft — 581 • Postal Code Type — ZIP code • Postal Code — 62208 • Area Code — 618 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 17-25141 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Blank1 Info — 2394737 • Website — cofh.org Fairview Heights is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States within Greater St. Louis. It is an eastern suburb of St. Louis. As of the 2020 census, Fairview Heights had a population of 16,706.

According to the 2010 census, Fairview Heights has a total area of 11.497 sqmi, of which 11.42 sqmi (or 99.33%) is land and 0.077 sqmi (or 0.67%) is water. French Village is an unincorporated community located immediately west of Fairview Heights.

Fairview Heights, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. • Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) — Pop 2000 — Pop 2010 — Pop 2020 — % 2000 — % 2010 — % 2020 • White alone (NH) — 11,628 — 11,123 — 9,146 — 77.34% — 65.13% — 54.75% • Black or African American alone (NH) — 2,559 — 4,518 — 5,215 — 17.02% — 26.46% — 31.22% • Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) — 24 — 47 — 24 — 0.16% — 0.28% — 0.14% • Asian alone (NH) — 320 — 464 — 478 — 2.13% — 2.72% — 2.86% • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) — 1 — 8 — 11 — 0.01% — 0.05% — 0.07% • Other race alone (NH) — 26 — 28 — 106 — 0.17% — 0.16% — 0.63% • Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) — 187 — 371 — 995 — 1.24% — 2.17% — 5.96% • Hispanic or Latino (any race) — 289 — 519 — 731 — 1.92% — 3.04% — 4.38% • Total — 15,034 — 17,078 — 16,706 — 100.00% — 100.00% — 100.00%

As of the 2020 census, Fairview Heights had a population of 16,706. The median age was 41.8 years. 19.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.5 males age 18 and over. 100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas. There were 7,197 households in Fairview Heights, of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.0% were married-couple households, 20.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 7,931 housing units, of which 9.3% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 12.9%.

At the 2000 census there were 15,034 people, 6,026 households, and 4,206 families living in the city. The population density was 1,348.6 PD/sqmi. There were 6,310 housing units at an average density of 566.0 /sqmi. Of the 6,026 households 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.4% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 26.6% of households were one person and 10.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.00. The age distribution was 23.4% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males. The median household income was $49,131 and the median family income was $56,161. Males had a median income of $38,287 versus $27,218 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,614. About 4.2% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

Three elementary/middle school districts serve Fairview Heights: Grant-Illini District 110 covers the west side of the community, and Pontiac William Holliday School District 105 covers the east side of town. A small portion on the northeast corner of the community is covered by O'Fallon District 90 and another portion on the far western edge is served by East St. Louis District 189. Trade colleges in Fairview Heights, IL include the Regency Beauty Institute and formerly Vatterott College. The Grant-Illini District 110 sends students almost exclusively to Belleville High School-East.