Work & commute · Fairfield

Work & commute in Fairfield, KY

Most working residents leave Fairfield for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bardstown (35%), Watterson Park (5%) and Shepherdsville (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 57 Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield.

57live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield goes to work

Bardstown8.7 mi away

35%20

Watterson Park24.3 mi away

5%3

Shepherdsville17.6 mi away

5%3

Lexington-Fayette urban county51.1 mi away

5%3

Springfield18.7 mi away

4%2

Elizabethtown31.2 mi away

4%2

Hoover, AL324.8 mi away

2%1

Lebanon Junction19.5 mi away

2%1

Mayfield197.1 mi away

2%1

Campbellsville40.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%20

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.

37%

33%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield are

3 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

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Fairfield residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

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.