Wiltrout, Maria and Franklin, Polygonal Barn · Photo: Menchimoto · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Fairfield Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Fairfield Township has 101 jobs, and 632 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Fairfield Township are A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fairfield Township in brief
Fairfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Fairfield Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairfield Township has about 870 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fairfield Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fairfield Township is Fort Wayne, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (115) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fairfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 632 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Fairfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fairfield Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fairfield Township’s grade up (1.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Fairfield Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fairfield Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily commute in and out of Fairfield Township
On a workday 629 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Fairfield Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Fairfield Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
From Fairfield Township, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairfield Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 629 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
18% of working residents work in Fort Wayne
Where Fairfield Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 35% of jobs based in Fairfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 101. 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 Fairfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Fairfield Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairfield Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fairfield Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 701 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Fairfield Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairfield Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 501st of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 499 | Earlysville VA | 1,222 | $142K | 5.6% | 2.0% | 0% | A− |
| 500 | Estell Manor NJ | 1,696 | $97K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 2% | A− |
| 501 | Fairfield Township IN | 1,401 | $103K | 1.5% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 502 | Wolf Creek UT | 1,339 | $131K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| 503 | Altamont NY | 1,648 | $112K | 6.4% | 0.8% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Fairfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Fairfield Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township | – | A− | D | 31 min | $103,250 |
| Richland Township | under 3% | A− | C | 31 min | $84,123 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 26 min | $60,000 |
| Salem Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 27 min | $81,462 |
| Smithfield Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 20 min | $63,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairfield Township’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 Fairfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fairfield Township?
$103,250 (±$35,577) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairfield Township?
1.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairfield Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairfield Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (18%, 28 mi), Auburn (9%, 10 mi), Ashley (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairfield Township walkable?
Fairfield Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairfield Township
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.