Work & commute · Fairland

Work & commute in Fairland, OK

Most working residents leave Fairland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (14%), Grove (9%) and Tulsa (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 386 Fairland residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairland.

386live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairland goes to work

Miami9.5 mi away

14%55

Grove12 mi away

9%36

Tulsa72.8 mi away

7%27

Afton7.2 mi away

4%17

Joplin, MO29.4 mi away

4%16

Fairland (in town)right here

4%15

Vinita14 mi away

3%12

Oklahoma City173.3 mi away

3%12

Commerce12.7 mi away

1%6

Bernice9.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%200

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

How far

How far Fairland commutes

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

31%

11%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairland is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairland are

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

Jobs based in Fairland

162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Fairland residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−31%

Jobs based in Fairland, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 162. 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.