Households in Fairfield Beach have lower incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
Hardly any stay in Fairfield Beach for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (28%, 27 miles). Below the poverty line: 8.1% of residents, next to 13.3% across Ohio. Fairfield Beach grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Fairfield Beach
Fairfield Beach is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Fairfield Beach, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairfield Beach has about 950 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Fairfield Beach works in Columbus
146 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Columbus, 27 miles away. That’s 28 times as many as work in Fairfield Beach itself. The commute map ↓
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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Fairfield Beach’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fairfield Beach is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Fairfield Beach’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($48,640, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Fairfield Beach’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fairfield Beach could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Fairfield Beach
On a workday 521 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Fairfield Beach on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The towns that employ Fairfield Beach’s residents
Where Fairfield Beach clocks in
28% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Fairfield Beach makes things: 71% of its jobs are in goods
41 jobs are based in Fairfield Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairfield Beach, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 41. 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 Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Fairfield Beach, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairfield Beach workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 588 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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 many miles Fairfield Beach commutes
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.
Fairfield Beach is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairfield Beach is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 638 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Fairfield Beach households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairfield Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairfield Beach places 2,513th of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,511 | Banks Township PA | 1,165 | $64K | 10.3% | 13.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,512 | Tome NM | 1,723 | $85K | 12.2% | 13.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,513 | Fairfield Beach OH | 1,432 | $49K | 8.1% | 6.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,514 | Level Plains AL | 1,838 | $77K | 12.1% | 4.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,515 | Hudson CO | 1,621 | $81K | 18.4% | 4.1% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Beach, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Fairfield Beach?
$48,640 (±$14,357) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairfield Beach?
8.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairfield Beach?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairfield Beach work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (28%, 27 mi), Lancaster (5%, 15 mi), Newark (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairfield Beach walkable?
Fairfield Beach is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairfield Beach 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 Fairfield Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairfield Beach
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.