Photo: User:Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Fairmount Township works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Fairmount Township; the top destination outside it is Wilkes-Barre (9%, 20 miles). Employers in Fairmount Township report 107 jobs; 466 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Fairmount Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fairmount Township: the figures worth knowing
Fairmount Township is a place people come home to
There are 107 jobs based in Fairmount Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairmount Township has about 880 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fairmount Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 466 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Fairmount Township
On income, poverty and job access, Fairmount Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Fairmount Township’s grade up ($80,417, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (9.1%) is left out: Fairmount Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fairmount Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
A workday in Fairmount Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 458 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Fairmount Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 36 minutes each way for Fairmount Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairmount Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 438 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The places Fairmount Township commutes to
Where Fairmount Township clocks in
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Fairmount Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairmount Township, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 107. 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 Fairmount Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Fairmount Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Fairmount Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fairmount Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fairmount 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 478 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). 3.3% of Fairmount Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairmount Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fairmount Township is 2,278th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,276 | Sharon WI | 1,550 | $68K | 12.2% | 4.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,277 | Martin Township IL | 1,188 | $81K | 12.4% | 5.4% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,278 | Fairmount Township PA | 1,240 | $80K | 8.7% | 9.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,279 | Cherry Township PA | 1,494 | $85K | 8.5% | 2.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,280 | Byng OK | 1,414 | $76K | 7.7% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Fairmount Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Fairmount Township
The biggest share goes to Huntington Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairmount Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Township | – | C+ | D | 36 min | $80,417 |
| Benton Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 26 min | $73,664 |
| Colley Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Ross Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 34 min | $87,697 |
| Huntington Township | 5% | C | D− | 38 min | $62,212 |
Same-state neighbors only. Colley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairmount 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 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 Fairmount Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fairmount Township?
$80,417 (±$24,895) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairmount Township?
8.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairmount Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairmount Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilkes-Barre (9%, 20 mi), Huntington Township (5%, 8 mi), Berwick (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairmount Township walkable?
Fairmount Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairmount Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairmount Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairmount Township
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.