Work & commute · Fairfield

Work & commute in Fairfield, AL

Most working residents leave Fairfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (39%), Bessemer (10%) and Hoover (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 3,280 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,218 Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 1,547 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield.

3,218live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

1,547work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield goes to work

Birmingham7.9 mi away

39%1,292

Bessemer7.8 mi away

10%320

Hoover9.4 mi away

7%239

Homewood6.4 mi away

6%199

Vestavia Hills10.4 mi away

2%80

McCalla13.4 mi away

2%68

Fairfield (in town)right here

2%62

Montgomery86.5 mi away

2%62

Huntsville85.6 mi away

1%49

Hueytown7.2 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%871

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Fairfield commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%

21%

11%

63%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield are

1,609 jobs are based in Fairfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairfield

1,609 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Fairfield residents hold

3,280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−49%

Jobs based in Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 3,180 → 1,609. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.