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Jobs & commute in Fairview Township

Ewing draws about half of Fairview Township’s working residents

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 11% across Nebraska. Hardly any work in Fairview Township; the top destination outside it is Ewing (50%, 29 miles). Employers in Fairview Township report 7 jobs for 8 working residents.

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

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Fairview Township

On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

8live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night36
Workday35
36live here− 8head out to work+ 7come in to work= 35on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.88jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 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.

The commute map

Where Fairview Township goes to work

SumnerEwing: 4 residents work here (50%)BurwellStuart: 1 residents work here (13%)O'NeillValentine: 1 residents work here (13%)Francis TownshipWyoming TownshipSheridan TownshipInman Township: 1 residents work here (13%)Golden TownshipFairview TownshipChambers TownshipShamrock TownshipEwingStuartValentineInman TownshipFairview Township
1
Ewing29 mi away
50%4
2
Stuart23.3 mi away
13%1
3
Valentine92.1 mi away
13%1
4
Inman Township17.6 mi away
13%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%1
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

Goods, not services: 86% of the jobs in Fairview Township

Jobs based in Fairview TownshipJobs Fairview Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms86%25%
Trade, transport & utilities0%38%
Services: health, schools, offices14%38%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%25%
Over $3,333 a month100%50%

Who does it

29 or younger29%0%
30 to 5471%75%
55 and older0%25%
+17%

Jobs based in Fairview Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 7. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Fairview Township

Working from home
0%

of Fairview Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Fairview Township gets to work
73%Drive alone
27%Carpool

Share of the 71 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 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

Where in the region Fairview Township works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEwing: 50% · 29 miStuart: 13% · 23.3 miValentine: 13% · 92.1 miInman Township: 13% · 17.6 miEwing 50%Stuart 13%Inman Township 13%Fairview Township
Fairview TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
25%10–24 mi2 residents
50%25–50 mi4 residents
25%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 25% 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

Fairview Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownFairview Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Fairview Township–————
Wyoming Townshipunder 13%————
Shamrock Townshipunder 13%——29 min—
Sheridan Townshipunder 13%——16 min—
Francis Townshipunder 13%————
Chambers Townshipunder 13%——26 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Wyoming Township, Shamrock Township, Sheridan Township, Francis Township and Chambers 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 poverty rate in Fairview Township?

0.0%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Fairview Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Fairview Township 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Fairview Township

Fairview Township home →

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.