Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFairview Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
136 jobs are based in Fairview Township for 343 working residents. Only 5% work in Fairview Township itself; outside it, Hermitage draws the most (6%, 14 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Fairview Township stands out on work
Each way, about 25 minutes from Fairview Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 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 322 commuters (the 4% 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 many people are in Fairview Township by day
On a workday 327 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Fairview Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where people from Fairview Township work
Where Fairview Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Fairview Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview Township, 2014 → 2024: 160 → 136. 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.
How many miles Fairview Township commutes
About 24% 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.
Work in the towns next to Fairview Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairview Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $61,375 |
| Coolspring Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $87,750 |
| Fredonia | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Perry Township | under 2% | C | C− | 28 min | $60,250 |
| Delaware Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $71,765 |
| Lake Township | 5% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fredonia and Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lake 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?
$61,375 (±$14,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview Township?
22.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (6%, 14 mi), Lake Township (5%, 4 mi), Grove City (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fairview Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% 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.