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Work & commute · Fairview

Work & commute in Fairview, NJ

Most working residents leave Fairview for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (21%), North Bergen (4%) and Jersey City (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
251 of 4,861 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,610 Fairview residents head out of town to work, 251 work right here, and 2,201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairview.

4,610live here, work elsewhere
251live and work here
2,201work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fairview goes to work

FairviewWest New YorkCliffside ParkUnion CityFort LeeRidgefieldHackensackParamusJersey CityNewarkNew YorkNorth BergenNew YorkNorth BergenJersey CityWest New YorkHackensackParamusNewarkUnion CityCliffside ParkFairview
1
New York, NY11.5 mi away
21%1,013
2
Fairview (in town)right here
5%251
3
North Bergen2.2 mi away
4%178
4
Jersey City8.2 mi away
3%154
5
West New York2.4 mi away
3%141
6
Hackensack5.2 mi away
2%118
7
Paramus9.4 mi away
2%105
8
Newark11.1 mi away
2%100
9
Union City4 mi away
2%95
10
Cliffside Park0.8 mi away
2%83
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%2,623

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.

46%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fairview is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairview are

2,452 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

2,452 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities40%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Fairview residents hold

4,861 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+12%

Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 2,191 → 2,452. 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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