With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Fairview Crossroads works elsewhere
Home is the office for 21% of workers (South Carolina 12%). Employers in Fairview Crossroads report 20 jobs; 222 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Fairview Crossroads; the top destination outside it is Cayce (9%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fairview Crossroads at work: what stands out
Fairview Crossroads is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Fairview Crossroads, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fairview Crossroads has about 240 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fairview Crossroads’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fairview Crossroads is Cayce, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (21) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Fairview Crossroads works from home
21% of Fairview Crossroads workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. 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 222 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Fairview Crossroads by day
On a workday 222 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Fairview Crossroads on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
How many miles Fairview Crossroads commutes
About 21% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Fairview Crossroads
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview Crossroads workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 114 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 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.
The places Fairview Crossroads commutes to
Where Fairview Crossroads clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 35% of Fairview Crossroads’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview Crossroads, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 20. 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 Fairview Crossroads’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Fairview Crossroads: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview Crossroads?
$54,000 (±$13,681) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview Crossroads?
4.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview Crossroads?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview Crossroads work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cayce (9%, 22 mi), Columbia (9%, 33 mi), Lexington (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairview Crossroads without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairview Crossroads, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview Crossroads
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.