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Work & commute · Fairplains

Work & commute in Fairplains, NC

Most working residents leave Fairplains for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkesboro (22%), North Wilkesboro (16%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
8 of 775 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 767 Fairplains residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairplains.

767live here, work elsewhere
8live and work here
246work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fairplains goes to work

SpartaNorth WilkesboroWilkesboroBooneElkinMount AiryStatesvilleMooresvilleCharlotteHigh PointDurhamWinston-SalemGreensboroFairplainsMulberryHaysWilkesboroNorth WilkesboroCharlotteWinston-SalemHigh PointBooneElkinDurhamStatesvilleGreensboroFairplains
1
Wilkesboro3.8 mi away
22%173
2
North Wilkesboro1.6 mi away
16%123
3
Charlotte70.3 mi away
5%39
4
Winston-Salem50.1 mi away
5%39
5
High Point66.2 mi away
2%14
6
Boone28.7 mi away
2%13
7
Elkin17.7 mi away
2%13
8
Durham126.7 mi away
2%13
9
Statesville32.3 mi away
1%11
10
Greensboro74.4 mi away
1%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%326

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

How far

How far Fairplains commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fairplains is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairplains are

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

Jobs based in Fairplains

254 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Fairplains residents hold

775 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month43%
+37%

Jobs based in Fairplains, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 254. 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.

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