Work & commute · Fairfax

Work & commute in Fairfax, SD

Most working residents leave Fairfax for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Burke (20%), Gregory (8%) and Sioux Falls (8%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

54 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 49 Fairfax residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfax.

49live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfax goes to work

Burke23 mi away

20%10

Gregory30.2 mi away

8%4

Sioux Falls114.1 mi away

8%4

Bonesteel4.5 mi away

6%3

Pleasant Valley6.1 mi away

6%3

Winner54.3 mi away

4%2

Pierre117.4 mi away

4%2

Mankato, MN258.2 mi away

2%1

Chanhassen, MN293.1 mi away

2%1

Spencer, NE14.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%18

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

How far

How far Fairfax commutes

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

12%

29%

22%

37%

12%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfax is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfax are

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

Jobs based in Fairfax

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Fairfax residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month31%

−52%

Jobs based in Fairfax, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 12. 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.