Photo: Djbrei · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.8%, unemployment in Fairport is lower than in 87% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 24% of workers, where New York as a whole has 15%. The two grades for Fairport are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Fairport
Fairport trades workers with the towns around it
Fairport has about as many jobs (2,838) as working residents (2,364), but they are mostly different people: 2,198 residents leave for work each day while 2,672 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Fairport are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Fairport are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Fairport
25% of Fairport workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Most Fairport residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Fairport
Unemployment holds Fairport’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (12.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairport could be anywhere from B− to A+.
How many people are in Fairport by day
On a workday 2,198 residents head out to work, 166 work right here, and 2,672 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 (1.20 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 daily trip from Fairport: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,131 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fairport
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.
23% of working residents work in Rochester
Where Fairport clocks in
23% of workers
16% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Fairport
2,838 jobs are based in Fairport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairport, 2013 → 2023: 2,911 → 2,838. 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 Fairport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Fairport: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairport is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #363 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,822 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 96% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 10.2% of Fairport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairport next to U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200: 756th of 3,651 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 21 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 754 | Exeter RI | 6,540 | $111K | 12.8% | 1.0% | 8% | A− |
| 755 | County Center VA | 3,789 | $152K | 5.1% | 6.0% | 3% | A− |
| 756 | Fairport NY | 5,326 | $107K | 12.6% | 1.8% | 7% | A− |
| 757 | Morgan Township IN | 4,036 | $113K | 1.6% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 758 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | 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 Fairport, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Fairport: questions
What is the median household income in Fairport?
$107,009 (±$24,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairport?
12.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairport?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairport work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (23%, 10 mi), Perinton (16%, 2 mi), Henrietta (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairport walkable?
Fairport is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairport
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.