Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Fairfield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Fairfield Township has 670 jobs; 1,554 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Fairfield Township B; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Fairfield Township, in brief
Fairfield Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fairfield Township went from 457 in 2014 to 670 in 2024, +47%. The jobs ↓
Few Fairfield Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Fairfield Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fairfield Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #540 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Fairfield Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
29% of the jobs in Fairfield Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairfield Township, 2014 → 2024: 457 → 670. 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.
Fairfield Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 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 1,772 commuters (the 4% 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.
Fairfield Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,461 residents head out to work, 93 work right here, and 577 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Fairfield Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
11% of working residents work in Hillsboro
Where Fairfield Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
The distance from Fairfield Township to work
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Fairfield Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairfield Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #919 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Fairfield Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,838 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). 1.7% of Fairfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairfield Township next to U.S. towns of 2,600 to 4,900: 1,826th of 4,210 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 49 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,824 | Silver Creek Township MI | 3,041 | $81K | 8.1% | 3.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,825 | Bergen NY | 3,120 | $75K | 10.3% | 4.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,826 | Fairfield Township OH | 3,653 | $73K | 7.0% | 2.1% | 6% | B |
| 1,827 | Reed Creek GA | 3,151 | $77K | 9.4% | 0.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,828 | Berrien Township MI | 4,787 | $79K | 14.4% | 2.4% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,210 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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.
The towns around Fairfield Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township | – | B | D | 25 min | $72,972 |
| Madison Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $59,286 |
| Penn Township | under 3% | A− | D | 34 min | $127,438 |
| Paint Township | under 3% | D | D | 34 min | $53,325 |
| Green Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Green Township and Wayne Township: 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?
$72,972 (±$5,400) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairfield Township?
7.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairfield Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairfield Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsboro (11%, 9 mi), Wilmington (11%, 15 mi), Greenfield (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fairfield Township walkable?
Fairfield Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairfield Township without a car?
0% 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 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.