Work & commute · Fairlee

Work & commute in Fairlee, MD

Most working residents leave Fairlee for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chestertown (28%), Baltimore (6%) and Rock Hall (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 200 Fairlee residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairlee.

200live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairlee goes to work

Chestertown5 mi away

28%56

Baltimore24.3 mi away

6%12

Rock Hall7.1 mi away

6%11

Centreville13.9 mi away

2%4

New Castle, DE44.3 mi away

2%3

Barclay17.1 mi away

2%3

Elkton32 mi away

2%3

Columbia37.1 mi away

2%3

Middletown, DE28.2 mi away

1%2

Dover, DE34.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%101

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

How far

How far Fairlee commutes

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

48%

23%

18%

11%

48%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairlee is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairlee are

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

Jobs based in Fairlee

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Fairlee residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−8%

Jobs based in Fairlee, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 11. 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.