Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Fairview-Ferndale
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Only 8% stay in Fairview-Ferndale for work; outside it, Coal Township is the main destination (13%, 3 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Fairview-Ferndale, and who commutes in
On a workday 778 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Fairview-Ferndale on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Fairview-Ferndale goes to work
Where Fairview-Ferndale clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Fairview-Ferndale
509 jobs are based in Fairview-Ferndale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview-Ferndale, 2014 → 2024: 644 → 509. 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-Ferndale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Fairview-Ferndale: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview-Ferndale workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 737 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far Fairview-Ferndale’s workers travel
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.
The towns around Fairview-Ferndale
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairview-Ferndale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview-Ferndale | – | — | — | 25 min | $43,359 |
| Edgewood | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Shamokin | 7% | C | A | 32 min | $39,690 |
Same-state neighbors only. Edgewood: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Shamokin. Darker towns draw more of Fairview-Ferndale’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-Ferndale: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview-Ferndale?
$43,359 (±$14,282) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview-Ferndale?
13.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview-Ferndale?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview-Ferndale work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coal Township (13%, 3 mi), Mahoning Township (8%, 13 mi), Shamokin (7%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fairview-Ferndale without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairview-Ferndale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview-Ferndale
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.