With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Fairview Park works elsewhere
There are 42 jobs in Fairview Park, against 503 working residents. The two grades for Fairview Park are C for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any work in Fairview Park; the top destination outside it is Terre Haute (24%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fairview Park, in a few figures
Fairview Park is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Fairview Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairview Park has about 960 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Fairview Park than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Fairview Park fell from 420 in 2013 to 42 in 2023, −90%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 503 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Fairview Park
On income, poverty and job access, Fairview Park is better than 30% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Fairview Park’s grade.
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Fairview Park’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, Fairview Park could be anywhere from C− to B−.
In and out of Fairview Park on a workday
On a workday 499 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Fairview Park on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Goods, not services: 48% of the jobs in Fairview Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview Park, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 42. 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 Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Fairview Park: the destinations
Where Fairview Park clocks in
24% of workers
10% 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.
Commuting from Fairview Park: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview Park workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 646 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.
Miles to work from Fairview Park
About 26% 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.
Few in Fairview Park walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairview Park is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 716 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 Fairview Park households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairview Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairview Park next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 3,373rd 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,371 | Luck WI | 1,063 | $69K | 9.9% | 2.8% | 11% | C |
| 3,372 | Five Points FL | 1,097 | $63K | 11.1% | 10.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,373 | Fairview Park IN | 1,420 | $63K | 11.6% | 5.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,374 | Lake View IA | 1,122 | $69K | 8.8% | 0.6% | 15% | C |
| 3,375 | Michigan Township IN | 1,567 | $51K | 9.1% | 3.7% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Fairview Park, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Fairview Park
The biggest share goes to Clinton (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairview Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Park | – | C | D | 22 min | $62,778 |
| Clinton | 7% | C− | B− | 22 min | $42,922 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairview Park’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 Park: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview Park?
$62,778 (±$6,933) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview Park?
11.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview Park?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Terre Haute (24%, 15 mi), Clinton Township (10%, 3 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairview Park walkable?
Fairview Park is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairview Park 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 Fairview Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview Park
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.