Work & commute · Fairforest

Work & commute in Fairforest, SC

Most working residents leave Fairforest for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (16%), Greenville (5%) and Southern Shops (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 634 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 615 Fairforest residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 2,031 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairforest.

615live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

2,031work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairforest goes to work

Spartanburg5.2 mi away

16%99

Greenville21 mi away

5%30

Southern Shops2.9 mi away

5%29

Greer12 mi away

4%28

Fairforest (in town)right here

3%19

Boiling Springs7.1 mi away

1%8

North Charleston179.4 mi away

1%7

Wade Hampton18.3 mi away

1%7

Mauldin19.9 mi away

1%6

Drayton6.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%395

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

How far

How far Fairforest commutes

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

60%

22%

14%

60%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairforest is a job hub

3.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairforest are

2,050 jobs are based in Fairforest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairforest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairforest

2,050 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Fairforest residents hold

634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+31%

Jobs based in Fairforest, 2013 → 2023: 1,560 → 2,050. 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.