Fairview at work: jobs, income and the commute
About one in seven work in Fairview itself; outside it, Sidney draws the most (22%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Montana as a whole has 12%. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way; Montana averages 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fairview: the figures worth knowing
Fairview and Sidney trade workers both ways
Sidney is the top workplace for Fairview residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Fairview come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Fairview workers cross into North Dakota
25% of Fairview workers work outside Montana, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Williston (7%), Judson Township (3%) and Dickinson (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Few Fairview workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Montana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 369 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Fairview goes to work
Where Fairview clocks in
22% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Fairview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 472 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% 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.
A workday in Fairview: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 323 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Fairview’s 299 jobs
299 jobs are based in Fairview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 299. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Fairview, by distance
About 27% 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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview?
$86,667 (±$35,497) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview?
8.4%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview?
22 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sidney (22%, 11 mi), Williston (7%, 30 mi), Judson Township (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairview 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview
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.