Lake Mattamuskeet Pump Station · Photo: bobistraveling · CC BY 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Fairfield works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Fairfield itself; outside it, Raleigh draws the most (9%, 137 miles). Fairfield has 43 jobs, and 87 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home, next to 16% for North Carolina as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fairfield by day and by night
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37 people are in Fairfield on a workday afternoon, 54% 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 Fairfield commutes to
Where Fairfield clocks in
9% 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.
70% of the jobs in Fairfield pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 43. 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 Fairfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fairfield
of Fairfield workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 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.
Miles to work from Fairfield
About 47% 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 Fairfield: questions
What is the median household income in Fairfield?
$46,250 (±$29,458) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairfield?
39.5%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fairfield work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raleigh (9%, 137 mi), Ocracoke (9%, 35 mi), Swan Quarter (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairfield 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 Fairfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairfield
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.