Work & commute · Fairlawn

Work & commute in Fairlawn, VA

Most working residents leave Fairlawn for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Blacksburg (19%), Radford (12%) and Christiansburg (12%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,035 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,008 Fairlawn residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 904 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairlawn.

1,008live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

904work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairlawn goes to work

Blacksburg8.5 mi away

19%195

Radford2.1 mi away

12%128

Christiansburg7.3 mi away

12%125

Pulaski13.9 mi away

7%77

Roanoke33.1 mi away

4%37

Fairlawn (in town)right here

3%27

Dublin8.9 mi away

2%18

Salem28.2 mi away

2%16

Cave Spring29.6 mi away

1%15

Hollins35 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%386

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

How far

How far Fairlawn commutes

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

56%

21%

13%

11%

56%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairlawn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairlawn are

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

Jobs based in Fairlawn

931 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Fairlawn residents hold

1,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+89%

Jobs based in Fairlawn, 2013 → 2023: 492 → 931. 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.