Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Fairplay works elsewhere
Working residents average 31 minutes each way, about the same as across Maryland. Employers in Fairplay report 20 jobs, and 240 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Fairplay; the top destination outside it is Hagerstown (15%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Fairplay apart
Fairplay is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Fairplay, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairplay has about 290 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fairplay and Hagerstown trade workers both ways
Hagerstown is the top workplace for Fairplay residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Fairplay come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Fairplay: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 240 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Fairplay on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
The places Fairplay commutes to
Where Fairplay clocks in
15% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 Fairplay: what the 20 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairplay, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 20. 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 Fairplay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Fairplay spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairplay workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 246 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fairplay
About 24% 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.
Next door to Fairplay
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairplay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairplay | – | — | — | 31 min | $120,652 |
| Tilghmanton | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tilghmanton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairplay’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 Fairplay: questions
What is the median household income in Fairplay?
$120,652 (±$29,774) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairplay?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairplay?
31 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairplay work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hagerstown (15%, 7 mi), Frederick (6%, 19 mi), Halfway (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairplay 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 Fairplay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairplay
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.