How Fairview works: jobs, income and commuting
Working residents average 29 minutes each way, next to 33 for New York and 26 for the U.S. 21% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. There are 1,554 jobs in Fairview for 1,438 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fairview: the figures worth knowing
Fairview trades workers with the towns around it
Fairview has about as many jobs (1,554) as working residents (1,438), but they are mostly different people: 1,401 residents leave for work each day while 1,517 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Fairview are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fairview and New York City trade workers both ways
New York City is the top workplace for Fairview residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Fairview come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Fairview pay over $40,000 a year
76% of the jobs based in Fairview pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Fairview makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Fairview are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fairview residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 5%. 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.
The daily flow of workers through Fairview
On a workday 1,401 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 1,517 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 (1.08 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.
36% of working residents work in New York City
Where Fairview clocks in
36% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
Goods, not services: 36% of the jobs in Fairview
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 1,305 → 1,554. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Fairview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,108 commuters (the 21% 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.
Half of Fairview commutes less than 13 miles
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.
Fairview and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Fairview’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 Fairview: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview?
$99,119 (±$32,286) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview?
8.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview?
29 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (36%, 27 mi), Greenburgh (13%, 3 mi), White Plains (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairview without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview
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.