Work & commute · Fairway

Work & commute in Fairway, KS

Most working residents leave Fairway for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (28%), Overland Park (17%) and Kansas City (11%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,947 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,922 Fairway residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 1,079 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairway.

1,922live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

1,079work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairway goes to work

Kansas City, MO8.1 mi away

28%537

Overland Park9.9 mi away

17%331

Kansas City9.1 mi away

11%208

Lenexa10.3 mi away

6%122

Prairie Village2.6 mi away

4%78

Olathe14.2 mi away

4%70

Leawood8.1 mi away

3%58

Shawnee9.5 mi away

3%49

Mission1.5 mi away

2%41

Merriam3.5 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%414

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

How far

How far Fairway commutes

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

76%

13%

76%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairway is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairway are

1,104 jobs are based in Fairway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairway

1,104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Fairway residents hold

1,947 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+23%

Jobs based in Fairway, 2013 → 2023: 895 → 1,104. 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.