Work & commute · Fairfield

Work & commute in Fairfield, OH

Most working residents leave Fairfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (13%), Fairfield (10%) and West Chester (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

368 of 10,821 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,453 Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 368 work right here, and 4,676 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield.

10,453live here, work elsewhere

368live and work here

4,676work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield goes to work

Cincinnati17.3 mi away

13%1,383

Fairfield4.2 mi away

10%1,056

West Chester6.7 mi away

8%889

Hamilton2.3 mi away

7%802

Sharonville9.8 mi away

4%411

Blue Ash12.3 mi away

4%395

Fairfield (in town)right here

3%368

Mason12.3 mi away

3%310

Liberty6.1 mi away

2%236

Columbus91.5 mi away

2%221

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%4,750

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

How far

How far Fairfield commutes

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

45%

40%

10%

45%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield are

5,044 jobs are based in Fairfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairfield

5,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Fairfield residents hold

10,821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+20%

Jobs based in Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 4,204 → 5,044. 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.