Work & commute · Fairview

Work & commute in Fairview, PA

Most working residents leave Fairview for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (9%), Lower Allen (7%) and Hampden (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

549 of 8,484 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 7,935 Fairview residents head out of town to work, 549 work right here, and 7,027 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairview.

7,935live here, work elsewhere

549live and work here

7,027work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairview goes to work

Harrisburg7.7 mi away

9%791

Lower Allen4.7 mi away

7%605

Fairview (in town)right here

6%549

Hampden9.2 mi away

5%433

Derry12.8 mi away

4%307

Susquehanna10.4 mi away

3%295

Lower Paxton10.8 mi away

3%289

East Pennsboro9.2 mi away

3%246

Swatara6.2 mi away

3%238

Silver Spring12 mi away

3%216

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%4,515

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

How far

How far Fairview commutes

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

53%

25%

14%

53%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairview is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairview are

7,576 jobs are based in Fairview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairview

7,576 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fairview residents hold

8,484 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+46%

Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 5,195 → 7,576. 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.