Work & commute · Fairfield

Work & commute in Fairfield, VA

Most working residents leave Fairfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington (14%), Fishersville (6%) and Staunton (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 108 Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield.

108live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield goes to work

Lexington11.2 mi away

14%15

Fishersville22.2 mi away

6%6

Staunton22.5 mi away

4%4

East Lexington9.2 mi away

4%4

Stuarts Draft16.5 mi away

4%4

Buena Vista11.4 mi away

3%3

Roanoke55.8 mi away

3%3

Verona26.2 mi away

3%3

Rocky Mount69.1 mi away

2%2

Hollins52.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%63

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.

17%

37%

11%

36%

17%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield are

171 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

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Fairfield residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+131%

Jobs based in Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 171. 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.