Fairview Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 26% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Fairview Township has 28 jobs, against 182 working residents. Hardly any stay in Fairview Township for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (41%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Fairview Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Fairview Township 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Fairview Township work
Where Fairview Township clocks in
41% 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.
Fairview Township makes things: 89% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview Township, 2014 → 2024: 14 → 28. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairview Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Fairview Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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 Fairview Township
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Fairview Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairview Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $126,250 |
| Murdock Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Plum Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| El Dorado Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Towanda Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 22 min | $68,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Murdock Township, Plum Grove Township, Lincoln Township and El Dorado Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairview 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 2024, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview Township?
$126,250 (±$63,068) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview Township?
2.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (41%, 23 mi), Whitewater (9%, 11 mi), El Dorado (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fairview 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 Fairview Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.