Unemployment in Fairview Shores (2.4%) is lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Fairview Shores is better than 65% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (A+). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 8.0 in Orlando. Only 2% work in Fairview Shores itself; outside it, Orlando draws the most (30%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fairview Shores, in brief
Fairview Shores draws workers from far and wide
The 6,943 jobs in Fairview Shores are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 25%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Fairview Shores works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Fairview Shores: Orlando (30%) and Winter Park (6%). Next door ↓
Fairview Shores has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fairview Shores went from 4,869 in 2013 to 6,943 in 2023, +43%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Fairview Shores’ grade explained
Job access by car holds Fairview Shores’ grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,414, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairview Shores could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where Fairview Shores goes to work
Where Fairview Shores clocks in
30% of workers
6% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Fairview Shores: what the 6,943 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview Shores, 2013 → 2023: 4,869 → 6,943. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairview Shores’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Fairview Shores, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,792 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 6,836 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Fairview Shores on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 27 minutes each way, about the FL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview Shores workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,631 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Fairview Shores works
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Fairview Shores, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,588 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Fairview Shores households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Fairview Shores’ commuters take a bus or train.
Fairview Shores places 1,253rd of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 326 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,251 | Bristol PA | 9,970 | $76K | 8.6% | 5.1% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,252 | Park Township KS | 8,984 | $70K | 11.8% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,253 | Fairview Shores FL | 11,844 | $62K | 11.8% | 2.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,254 | Cherryland CA | 14,143 | $86K | 9.7% | 5.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,255 | Cypress Gardens FL | 10,077 | $75K | 11.1% | 1.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fairview Shores, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
36% of Fairview Shores works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairview Shores workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Shores | – | B+ | A+ | 27 min | $62,414 |
| Orlando | 30% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,336 |
| Winter Park | 6% | A− | A | 22 min | $105,724 |
| Eatonville | under 2% | C− | A+ | 25 min | $32,768 |
| Lockhart | under 2% | C | A− | 29 min | $69,602 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Orlando. Darker towns draw more of Fairview Shores’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fairview Shores: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview Shores?
$62,414 (±$18,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview Shores?
11.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview Shores?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview Shores work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (30%, 10 mi), Winter Park (6%, 3 mi), Maitland (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairview Shores walkable?
Fairview Shores is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.6 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairview Shores without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairview Shores, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview Shores
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.