Work & commute · Fairfield

Work & commute in Fairfield, OH

Most working residents leave Fairfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (11%), Wilmington (10%) and Greenfield (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 1,556 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,470 Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield.

1,470live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield goes to work

Hillsboro9.2 mi away

11%169

Wilmington15.3 mi away

10%162

Greenfield9 mi away

5%79

Columbus54 mi away

5%74

Leesburg0.3 mi away

4%70

Cincinnati52.7 mi away

3%48

Lynchburg14.1 mi away

3%47

Liberty19.6 mi away

3%45

Washington Court House15.4 mi away

3%39

Union16 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%797

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.

19%

33%

27%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield are

614 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

614 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fairfield residents hold

1,556 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+28%

Jobs based in Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 481 → 614. 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.