Fairfield Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 5,108 jobs in Fairfield Township for 10,913 working residents. Fairfield Township grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Fairfield Township
The better-paid jobs are outside Fairfield Township
65% of Fairfield Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Fairfield Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A lot of Fairfield Township works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Fairfield Township: Fairfield (10%), West Chester Township (9%) and Hamilton (7%). Next door ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Fairfield Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Fairfield Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Fairfield Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,108 jobs in Fairfield Township are filled from a wide area. Fairfield Township’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 37%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Fairfield Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fairfield Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #212 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Fairfield Township’s grade up ($108,353, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairfield Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
What Fairfield Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairfield Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,325 → 5,108. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
13% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Fairfield Township clocks in
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.
How many people are in Fairfield Township by day
On a workday 10,518 residents head out to work, 395 work right here, and 4,713 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Fairfield Township on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Fairfield Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,499 commuters (the 16% 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 far Fairfield Township goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Fairfield Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairfield Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #715 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,367 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.8% of Fairfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Fairfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairfield Township places 504th of 1,780 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 32,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| 4 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 502 | Castaic CA | 17,999 | $130K | 5.1% | 4.4% | 3% | A− |
| 503 | Rockland MA | 17,949 | $112K | 6.5% | 4.4% | 10% | A− |
| 504 | Fairfield Township OH | 23,392 | $108K | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4% | A− |
| 505 | West Falls Church VA | 31,279 | $135K | 7.9% | 4.9% | 3% | A− |
| 506 | Cary IL | 17,932 | $113K | 4.8% | 5.0% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,780 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Ohio.
Work next door: 28% of Fairfield Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Fairfield (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township | – | A− | C | 24 min | $108,353 |
| Hamilton | 7% | C | A− | 25 min | $55,166 |
| Fairfield | 10% | B | B− | 24 min | $77,937 |
| St. Clair Township | under 3% | C | C− | 27 min | $62,378 |
| Ross Township | under 3% | A | C− | 29 min | $93,906 |
| Woodsdale | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| New Miami | under 3% | C− | D | 25 min | $43,281 |
| Liberty Township | 2% | A+ | C | 25 min | $147,886 |
| West Chester Township | 9% | A− | C | 23 min | $109,979 |
| Colerain Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $73,103 |
| Dunlap | under 3% | B− | D | 22 min | $73,421 |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodsdale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 2024, 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?
$108,353 (±$9,202) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairfield Township?
4.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairfield Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairfield Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (13%, 17 mi), Fairfield (10%, 4 mi), West Chester Township (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fairfield Township walkable?
Fairfield Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairfield Township without a car?
<1% 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), 2024, 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.