Work & commute · Fairchance

Work & commute in Fairchance, PA

Most working residents leave Fairchance for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Georges (13%), North Union (10%) and South Union (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 774 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 763 Fairchance residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairchance.

763live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairchance goes to work

Georges2.6 mi away

13%99

North Union6.9 mi away

10%74

South Union3.6 mi away

8%63

Uniontown5.4 mi away

7%51

Morgantown, WV16.5 mi away

6%43

Pittsburgh44.1 mi away

3%26

German7.1 mi away

3%23

Menallen8.2 mi away

3%20

Franklin23.2 mi away

2%18

Wharton8.1 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%344

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

How far

How far Fairchance commutes

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

48%

20%

21%

11%

48%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairchance is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairchance are

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

Jobs based in Fairchance

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Fairchance residents hold

774 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−27%

Jobs based in Fairchance, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 213. 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.