Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Fairmount Township works elsewhere
Only 7% work in Fairmount Township; the top destination outside it is Marion (26%, 9 miles). Employers in Fairmount Township report 373 jobs for 1,549 working residents. Fairmount Township grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Fairmount Township stands out on work
Fairmount Township is a place people come home to
There are 373 jobs based in Fairmount Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairmount Township has about 2,800 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fairmount Township makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Fairmount Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fairmount Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Fairmount Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fairmount Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #453 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Fairmount Township’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairmount Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Fairmount Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,439 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Fairmount Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
In Fairmount Township, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairmount Township, 2013 → 2023: 360 → 373. 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 Fairmount Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Fairmount Township commutes to
Where Fairmount Township clocks in
26% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Fairmount Township takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairmount Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,616 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far it is to work from Fairmount Township
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 Fairmount Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairmount Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #206 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,718 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). 3.1% of Fairmount Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Fairmount Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairmount Township next to U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400: 2,885th of 4,177 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 84 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 95 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 136 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,883 | Brighton TN | 2,892 | $81K | 14.9% | 7.7% | 2% | C |
| 2,884 | Somerville TN | 3,622 | $44K | 25.0% | 1.9% | 16% | C |
| 2,885 | Fairmount Township IN | 3,978 | $66K | 21.7% | 3.3% | 7% | C |
| 2,886 | Foster Township PA | 3,868 | $70K | 9.8% | 5.3% | 8% | C |
| 2,887 | Mexico NY | 5,357 | $59K | 14.0% | 3.6% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Fairmount Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Fairmount Township
The biggest share goes to Liberty Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairmount Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Township | – | C | B | 25 min | $66,078 |
| Mill Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 29 min | $56,280 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B | A | 21 min | $70,694 |
| Liberty Township | 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Van Buren Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 25 min | $56,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairmount 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 Fairmount Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fairmount Township?
$66,078 (±$13,680) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairmount Township?
21.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairmount Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairmount Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (26%, 9 mi), Gas City (7%, 5 mi), Fairmount (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairmount Township walkable?
Fairmount Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairmount Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairmount Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairmount 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.