Work & commute · Fairfax

Work & commute in Fairfax, MO

Most working residents leave Fairfax for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tarkio (16%), Rock Port (8%) and St. Joseph (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 219 Fairfax residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfax.

219live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfax goes to work

Tarkio7.2 mi away

16%35

Rock Port8.9 mi away

8%18

St. Joseph50.2 mi away

7%16

Maryville27.5 mi away

6%14

Kansas City95.1 mi away

5%11

Shenandoah, IA28.9 mi away

4%8

Fairfax (in town)right here

2%5

Overland Park, KS106.9 mi away

1%2

Chillicothe104.5 mi away

1%2

Jefferson City210.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%111

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

How far

How far Fairfax commutes

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

38%

18%

34%

38%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfax is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfax are

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

Jobs based in Fairfax

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fairfax residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−24%

Jobs based in Fairfax, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 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.