Work & commute · Fairfield

Work & commute in Fairfield, PA

Most working residents leave Fairfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Williamsport (18%), Montoursville (9%) and Loyalsock (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,262 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,175 Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 1,399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield.

1,175live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

1,399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield goes to work

Williamsport8.6 mi away

18%222

Montoursville2.6 mi away

9%111

Loyalsock5.7 mi away

8%97

Fairfield (in town)right here

7%87

Clinton3.8 mi away

4%47

Muncy3.6 mi away

3%39

Muncy Creek7.4 mi away

3%38

Muncy6.2 mi away

2%25

New York, NY158.6 mi away

2%24

South Williamsport7 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%548

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.

54%

12%

25%

54%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield are

1,486 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

1,486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Fairfield residents hold

1,262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−6%

Jobs based in Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,581 → 1,486. 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.