Work & commute · Fairmount

Work & commute in Fairmount, IN

Most working residents leave Fairmount for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (26%), Gas City (6%) and Muncie (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 1,005 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 937 Fairmount residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairmount.

937live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairmount goes to work

Marion9.2 mi away

26%258

Fairmount (in town)right here

7%68

Gas City5.7 mi away

6%63

Muncie20.1 mi away

5%48

Fort Wayne53.4 mi away

3%33

Anderson22.7 mi away

3%26

Elwood14.1 mi away

2%23

Center51.4 mi away

2%19

Liberty5.1 mi away

1%14

Alexandria10.7 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%440

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

How far

How far Fairmount commutes

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

36%

29%

18%

36%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairmount is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairmount are

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

Jobs based in Fairmount

334 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Fairmount residents hold

1,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+3%

Jobs based in Fairmount, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 334. 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.