Work & commute · Fairview

Work & commute in Fairview, VA

Most working residents leave Fairview for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chase City (16%), Richmond (9%) and Boydton (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 79 Fairview residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairview.

79live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairview goes to work

Chase City2 mi away

16%13

Richmond72.9 mi away

9%7

Boydton12 mi away

6%5

South Hill19.9 mi away

6%5

Chesapeake120.2 mi away

4%3

Halifax26 mi away

3%2

Radford117.3 mi away

3%2

Newport News108.7 mi away

3%2

Innsbrook75.1 mi away

3%2

Bethel, NC93.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%38

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

How far

How far Fairview commutes

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

20%

23%

10%

47%

20%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairview is a job hub

2.49jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairview are

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

Jobs based in Fairview

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Fairview residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−4%

Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 199. 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.