Work & commute · Fairview

Work & commute in Fairview, MN

Most working residents leave Fairview for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (56%), Minneapolis (4%) and Cottonwood (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 166 Fairview residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairview.

166live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

86work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairview goes to work

Marshall3.8 mi away

56%96

Minneapolis127.1 mi away

4%6

Cottonwood8.8 mi away

3%5

Mankato91.8 mi away

3%5

Fairview (in town)right here

2%4

Redwood Falls33.3 mi away

2%3

Ghent5.8 mi away

1%2

Minneota11 mi away

1%2

Red Wing156.2 mi away

1%2

Brookings, SD51.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%43

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

How far

How far Fairview commutes

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

64%

22%

64%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairview is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairview are

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

Jobs based in Fairview

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Fairview residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−47%

Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 90. 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.