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Work & commute · Fair Oaks

Work & commute in Fair Oaks, IN

Most working residents leave Fair Oaks for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Colfax (10%), Rensselaer (7%) and Union (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 121 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 121 Fair Oaks residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair Oaks.

121live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fair Oaks goes to work

DeMotteRensselaerValparaisoHammondMichigan CityCrown PointUnionWheatfieldColfaxFair OaksRoselawnColfaxRensselaerUnionDeMotteCrown PointWheatfieldHammondRoselawnValparaisoMichigan CityFair Oaks
1
Colfax4.6 mi away
10%12
2
Rensselaer10.1 mi away
7%8
3
Union2.5 mi away
7%8
4
DeMotte9.2 mi away
4%5
5
Crown Point23.6 mi away
4%5
6
Wheatfield13.4 mi away
4%5
7
Hammond39.6 mi away
3%4
8
Roselawn5.7 mi away
3%4
9
Valparaiso30 mi away
2%3
10
Michigan City48.3 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%64

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

How far

How far Fair Oaks commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fair Oaks is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair Oaks are

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

Jobs based in Fair Oaks

1 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Fair Oaks residents hold

121 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month59%
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.

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