Fairview, California

Fairview
Location in Alameda County and the state of California
Fairview
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°40′43″N 122°02′45″W / 37.67861°N 122.04583°W / 37.67861; -122.04583
Country United States
State California
CountyAlameda
Government
 • State SenateAisha Wahab (D)
 • State AssemblyLiz Ortega (D)
 • U. S. CongressEric Swalwell (D)
Area
 • Total
2.998 sq mi (7.76 km2)
 • Land2.974 sq mi (7.70 km2)
 • Water0.024 sq mi (0.062 km2)  0.80%
Elevation
597 ft (182 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
11,341
 • Density3,813/sq mi (1,472/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
94541, 94542
Area codes510, 341
FIPS code06-23350
GNIS feature IDs1867023, 2408104

Fairview is a census-designated place (CDP) in unincorporated Alameda County, California, United States, in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose Metropolitan Statistical Area by the US Census.

A mix of suburban bedroom community and low-density, multi-acre rural properties backed up against vast open space, Fairview borders the census-designated place of Castro Valley to the north and east, and the city of Hayward to the west. Fairview's population was 11,341 at the 2020 census.