Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFairview Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Fairview Township has 220 jobs, and 899 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Fairview Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 3% stay in Fairview Township for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (11%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Fairview Township
Fairview Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fairview Township is Pittsburgh, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (101) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fairview Township is a place people come home to
There are 220 jobs based in Fairview Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairview Township has about 1,300 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fairview Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 899 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Fairview Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fairview Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Fairview Township’s grade up ($83,438, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Fairview Township’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, Fairview Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Miles to work from Fairview Township
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.
Fairview Township by day and by night
On a workday 874 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Fairview Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 31 minutes each way for Fairview Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 838 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where Fairview Township goes to work
Where Fairview Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
What Fairview Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview Township, 2014 → 2024: 292 → 220. 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 Fairview Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Fairview Township: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 918 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). 1.3% of Fairview Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairview Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Fairview Township ranks: 2,402nd of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 29 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,400 | Newberg Township MI | 1,598 | $72K | 8.8% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,401 | Catlin NY | 2,450 | $81K | 8.9% | 5.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,402 | Fairview Township PA | 1,943 | $83K | 9.3% | 1.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,403 | Sheboygan Falls WI | 1,838 | $71K | 14.4% | 2.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,404 | Glencoe FL | 1,445 | $47K | 5.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Fairview Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Fairview Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairview Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Township | – | C+ | D | 31 min | $83,438 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 33 min | $65,402 |
| Donegal Township | 3% | B− | D | 29 min | $79,519 |
| Parker Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Parker Township and Perry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Donegal Township. Darker towns draw more of Fairview 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 Fairview Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview Township?
$83,438 (±$16,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview Township?
9.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (11%, 40 mi), Butler Township (9%, 14 mi), Butler (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fairview Township walkable?
Fairview Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairview Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairview Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview 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.