Work & commute · Fair Play

Work & commute in Fair Play, MO

Most working residents leave Fair Play for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bolivar (30%), Springfield (22%) and Buffalo (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 185 Fair Play residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair Play.

185live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fair Play goes to work

Bolivar9 mi away

30%56

Springfield34.1 mi away

22%42

Buffalo26.3 mi away

3%5

Fair Play (in town)right here

2%4

Kansas City115.8 mi away

2%3

Pleasant Hope20.3 mi away

1%2

Clayton189.8 mi away

1%2

Lebanon50.3 mi away

1%2

Grandview100.3 mi away

1%2

Republic33.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%69

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

How far

How far Fair Play commutes

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

30%

14%

33%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fair Play is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair Play are

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

Jobs based in Fair Play

328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month69%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Fair Play residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+128%

Jobs based in Fair Play, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 328. 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.