Work & commute · Fairwood

Work & commute in Fairwood, WA

Most working residents leave Fairwood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Spokane (44%), Spokane Valley (11%) and Seattle (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

178 of 4,034 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,856 Fairwood residents head out of town to work, 178 work right here, and 2,200 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairwood.

3,856live here, work elsewhere

178live and work here

2,200work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairwood goes to work

Spokane6.9 mi away

44%1,774

Spokane Valley11.2 mi away

11%443

Fairwood (in town)right here

4%178

Seattle229.7 mi away

2%99

Country Homes1.3 mi away

2%95

Mead3.2 mi away

2%81

Airway Heights11.3 mi away

1%44

Liberty Lake16.1 mi away

1%44

Deer Park13.7 mi away

1%40

Bellevue220.8 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,196

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

How far

How far Fairwood commutes

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

64%

17%

64%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairwood is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairwood are

2,378 jobs are based in Fairwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairwood

2,378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Fairwood residents hold

4,034 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+24%

Jobs based in Fairwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,922 → 2,378. 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.