Photo: Smallbones · Public domainFairfield Township has higher unemployment (9.2%) than 92% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. Jobs and income earn Fairfield Township C; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 5% stay in Fairfield Township for work; outside it, Vineland is the main destination (16%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fairfield Township at work: what stands out
Fairfield Township trades workers with the towns around it
Fairfield Township has about as many jobs (1,907) as working residents (2,088), but they are mostly different people: 1,989 residents leave for work each day while 1,808 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Fairfield Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fairfield Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Fairfield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fairfield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Fairfield Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. 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.
The four measures behind Fairfield Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fairfield Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #450 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Fairfield Township’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairfield Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
A workday in Fairfield Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,989 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 1,808 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 (0.91 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.
A place that makes things: 41% of Fairfield Township’s jobs are in goods
1,907 jobs are based in Fairfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,694 → 1,907. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fairfield Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairfield Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,765 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Fairfield Township ends
Where Fairfield Township clocks in
16% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
Half of Fairfield Township commutes less than 17 miles
About 21% 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.
Most of Fairfield Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairfield Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #443 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,863 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 31% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Fairfield Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Fairfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Fairfield Township is 2,723rd among 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,721 | Clyde TX | 4,024 | $68K | 14.0% | 6.4% | 19% | C |
| 2,722 | Colonial Beach VA | 4,151 | $61K | 24.4% | 1.3% | 10% | C |
| 2,723 | Fairfield Township NJ | 5,440 | $61K | 10.3% | 9.2% | 5% | C |
| 2,724 | Maine NY | 5,001 | $69K | 11.6% | 7.6% | 5% | C |
| 2,725 | Mayfair CA | 5,044 | $62K | 18.9% | 14.7% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 New Jersey.
20% of Fairfield Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Bridgeton (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township | – | C | C+ | 25 min | $60,929 |
| Lawrence Township | under 2% | B− | C | 28 min | $85,515 |
| Hopewell Township | 2% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $100,202 |
| Greenwich Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Bridgeton | 12% | C− | A− | 29 min | $55,781 |
| Upper Deerfield Township | 4% | B− | B+ | 26 min | $82,946 |
| Cedarville | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Deerfield Township | 2% | C+ | C | 20 min | $85,094 |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenwich Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Cedarville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fairfield Township?
$60,929 (±$4,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairfield Township?
10.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairfield Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairfield Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (16%, 14 mi), Bridgeton (12%, 4 mi), Millville (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairfield Township walkable?
Fairfield Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairfield Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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. 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.