Work & commute · Fairplay

Work & commute in Fairplay, IN

Most working residents leave Fairplay for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Linton (14%), Bloomington (6%) and Grant (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 189 Fairplay residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairplay.

189live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairplay goes to work

Linton8.2 mi away

14%27

Bloomington27 mi away

6%11

Grant4.4 mi away

5%9

Center68.3 mi away

4%8

Bloomfield3.9 mi away

4%7

Fairplay (in town)right here

4%7

Busseron28.7 mi away

3%6

Stockton9.9 mi away

3%5

Center13.5 mi away

3%5

Terre Haute35 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%107

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

How far

How far Fairplay commutes

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

32%

22%

18%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairplay is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairplay are

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

Jobs based in Fairplay

237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fairplay residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+11%

Jobs based in Fairplay, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 237. 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.