Work & commute · Fairview

Work & commute in Fairview, MT

Most working residents leave Fairview for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Sidney (22%), Williston (7%) and Judson (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

46 of 369 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 323 Fairview residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairview.

323live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairview goes to work

Sidney10.9 mi away

22%80

Fairview (in town)right here

12%46

Williston, ND29.8 mi away

7%24

Judson, ND24.4 mi away

3%10

Dickinson, ND88.5 mi away

2%9

Miles City130.6 mi away

2%7

Billings256.1 mi away

2%7

Alexander, ND18.9 mi away

2%7

Glasgow121.7 mi away

1%5

Tri, ND21.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%169

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.

21%

39%

13%

27%

21%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairview is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairview are

299 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

299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Fairview residents hold

369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−5%

Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 299. 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.