Work & commute · Fairchilds

Work & commute in Fairchilds, TX

Most working residents leave Fairchilds for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (33%), Rosenberg (10%) and Sugar Land (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 415 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 415 Fairchilds residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairchilds.

415live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairchilds goes to work

Houston33.6 mi away

33%135

Rosenberg8.1 mi away

10%43

Sugar Land14.1 mi away

8%34

Needville4.7 mi away

3%14

Stafford18.1 mi away

2%10

Katy24.8 mi away

2%9

Austin132.6 mi away

2%9

Missouri City16.9 mi away

2%7

Dallas239.2 mi away

1%6

Richmond10 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%143

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

How far

How far Fairchilds commutes

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

17%

31%

37%

15%

17%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairchilds is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairchilds are

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

Jobs based in Fairchilds

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Fairchilds residents hold

415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+12%

Jobs based in Fairchilds, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 28. 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.