Work & commute · Fairport

Work & commute in Fairport, NY

Most working residents leave Fairport for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (23%), Perinton (16%) and Henrietta (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

166 of 2,364 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,198 Fairport residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 2,672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairport.

2,198live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

2,672work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairport goes to work

Rochester10 mi away

23%542

Perinton1.6 mi away

16%373

Henrietta10.4 mi away

8%180

Pittsford4.6 mi away

5%111

Penfield3.6 mi away

4%97

Victor7.7 mi away

4%97

Webster9 mi away

4%89

Greece16.6 mi away

4%88

Brighton7.1 mi away

3%80

Gates14.1 mi away

3%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%636

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

How far

How far Fairport commutes

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

63%

21%

14%

63%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairport are

2,838 jobs are based in Fairport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairport

2,838 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fairport residents hold

2,364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in Fairport, 2013 → 2023: 2,911 → 2,838. 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.