Work & commute · Fairborn

Work & commute in Fairborn, OH

Most working residents leave Fairborn for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (13%), Beavercreek (10%) and Kettering (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,295 of 13,867 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 12,572 Fairborn residents head out of town to work, 1,295 work right here, and 9,725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairborn.

12,572live here, work elsewhere

1,295live and work here

9,725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairborn goes to work

Dayton10.2 mi away

13%1,744

Beavercreek5.2 mi away

10%1,331

Fairborn (in town)right here

9%1,295

Kettering10.4 mi away

5%729

Springfield14.5 mi away

4%521

Columbus55.7 mi away

3%467

Huber Heights6.9 mi away

3%440

Xenia8.8 mi away

2%337

Centerville13.5 mi away

2%264

Miami18.1 mi away

2%263

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%6,476

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

How far

How far Fairborn commutes

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

43%

32%

10%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairborn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairborn are

11,020 jobs are based in Fairborn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairborn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairborn

11,020 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Fairborn residents hold

13,867 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+22%

Jobs based in Fairborn, 2013 → 2023: 9,058 → 11,020. 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.