George B. and Amanda Bradish Horton Farmstead · Photo: Notorious4life. · Public domainMost of Fairfield Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Fairfield Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D). Employers in Fairfield Township report 64 jobs for 618 working residents. Only 1% stay in Fairfield Township for work; outside it, Adrian is the main destination (12%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fairfield Township at work: what stands out
Inside Fairfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Fairfield Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Fairfield Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fairfield Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Fairfield Township by day and by night
On a workday 609 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Fairfield Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2021, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Fairfield Township’s residents
Where Fairfield Township clocks in
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.
Making and building: 70% of jobs based in Fairfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 78 → 64. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Fairfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 653 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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 Fairfield Township’s workers travel
About 22% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Fairfield Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 766 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). 2.1% of Fairfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Fairfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fairfield Township is 3,439th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 231 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,437 | Middletown VA | 1,471 | $60K | 14.6% | 1.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,438 | Mount Forest Township MI | 1,388 | $65K | 11.2% | 7.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,439 | Fairfield Township MI | 1,647 | $60K | 11.8% | 3.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,440 | Cumberland Valley Township PA | 1,441 | $67K | 8.6% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,441 | Cross Creek Township PA | 1,358 | $68K | 16.4% | 12.2% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Michigan.
The towns around Fairfield Township
The biggest share goes to Madison Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township | – | C | D | 27 min | $60,268 |
| Madison Township | 7% | C | C | 25 min | $69,643 |
| Ogden Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Seneca Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 34 min | $63,365 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ogden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 2021, 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?
$60,268 (±$12,031) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairfield Township?
11.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairfield Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairfield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (12%, 9 mi), Madison Township (7%, 6 mi), Blissfield Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Fairfield Township walkable?
Fairfield Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% 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), 2021, 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.