Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Fairton
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, next to 31 for New Jersey and 26 for the U.S. 3% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across New Jersey. Only 2% stay in Fairton for work; outside it, Vineland is the main destination (14%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fairton, in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
86% of the jobs in Fairton are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Fairton is where the jobs are
Fairton has 781 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fairton
57% of Fairton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 31% of the jobs based in Fairton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 451 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What the 781 jobs in Fairton are
781 jobs are based in Fairton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairton, 2013 → 2023: 945 → 781. 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 Fairton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Fairton
On a workday 441 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 771 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Fairton on a workday afternoon, 35% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Fairton, and from where
Where Fairton clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Getting to work from Fairton takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 397 commuters (the 3% 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 in the region Fairton works
About 18% 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.
Fairton and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairton | – | — | — | 25 min | $57,778 |
| Hopewell Township | 2% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $100,202 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hopewell Township. Darker towns draw more of Fairton’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 Fairton: questions
What is the median household income in Fairton?
$57,778 (±$15,122) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairton?
19.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (14%, 13 mi), Bridgeton (11%, 4 mi), Millville (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairton
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.