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Jobs & commute in Fairview Township

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Fairview Township works elsewhere

Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average; the Missouri average is 24, the U.S. 26. 3 jobs are based in Fairview Township, against 75 working residents. Hardly any work in Fairview Township; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (21%, 54 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Fairview Township

On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

75live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday90
160live here− 75head out to work+ 3come in to work= 90on a workday

About 90 people are in Fairview Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The places Fairview Township commutes to

OttumwaSabetha: 1 residents work here (1%)Leavenworth: 2 residents work here (3%)Braymer: 2 residents work here (3%)Stewartsville: 2 residents work here (3%)Hamilton: 2 residents work here (3%)Brookfield: 2 residents work here (3%)Cameron: 4 residents work here (5%)Chillicothe: 5 residents work here (7%)St. Joseph: 3 residents work here (4%)Kansas City: 16 residents work here (21%)Breckenridge TownshipMonroe TownshipFairview TownshipHamilton TownshipNew York TownshipWashington TownshipDavis TownshipKansas CityChillicotheCameronSt. JosephLeavenworthBraymerFairview Township
1
Kansas City54.1 mi away
21%16
2
Chillicothe16.8 mi away
7%5
3
Cameron23 mi away
5%4
4
St. Joseph54 mi away
4%3
5
Leavenworth, KS63.8 mi away
3%2
6
Braymer5.1 mi away
3%2
7
Stewartsville37 mi away
3%2
8
Hamilton11.5 mi away
3%2
9
Brookfield40 mi away
3%2
10
Sabetha, KS106.5 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%36
The top trips

Where Fairview Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Fairview Township

Jobs based in Fairview TownshipJobs Fairview Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms33%12%
Trade, transport & utilities67%41%
Services: health, schools, offices0%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%27%
Over $3,333 a month33%56%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 5433%56%
55 and older67%23%

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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Fairview Township, about 31 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
235 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Fairview Township31 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

of Fairview Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Fairview Township gets to work
94%Drive alone
6%Carpool

Share of the 69 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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

How many miles Fairview Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKansas City: 21% · 54.1 miChillicothe: 7% · 16.8 miCameron: 5% · 23 miSt. Joseph: 4% · 54 miLeavenworth: 3% · 63.8 miBraymer: 3% · 5.1 miStewartsville: 3% · 37 miHamilton: 3% · 11.5 miBrookfield: 3% · 40 miSabetha: 1% · 106.5 miKansas City 21%Chillicothe 7%Cameron 5%Leavenworth 3%Fairview Township
Fairview TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi7 residents
20%10–24 mi15 residents
24%25–50 mi18 residents
46%Over 50 mi34 residents

About 46% 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

Around Fairview Township: the bordering towns

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Monroe Township27 min
Breckenridge Township29 min
Davis Township30 min
Fairview Township31 min
Washington Township32 min
New York Township39 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownFairview Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Fairview Township–——31 min$54,750
Monroe Townshipunder 2%——27 min—
New York Townshipunder 2%——39 min—
Davis Townshipunder 2%C−C+30 min$55,729
Breckenridge Townshipunder 2%——29 min—
Washington Townshipunder 2%——32 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Monroe Township, New York Township, Breckenridge Township and Washington 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Fairview Township: questions

What is the median household income in Fairview Township?

$54,750 (±$25,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Fairview Township?

12.8%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Fairview Township?

31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Fairview Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (21%, 54 mi), Chillicothe (7%, 17 mi), Cameron (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Fairview Township without a car?

0% 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 Fairview Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Fairview Township

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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.