Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0Fairview has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Fairview has 1,536 jobs, against 4,442 working residents. For jobs and income Fairview is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 5% work in Fairview itself; outside it, Nashville draws the most (38%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Fairview stands out on work
Fairview workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fairview has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fairview went from 889 in 2013 to 1,536 in 2023, +73%. The jobs ↓
38% of Fairview works in Nashville
1,707 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Nashville, 23 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Fairview itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fairview
65% of Fairview residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Fairview pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
37% of the jobs based in Fairview are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Fairview’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Fairview’s grade
Job access by car holds Fairview’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairview could be anywhere from B− to A.
The trip to work from Fairview: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,157 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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.
What Fairview’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 889 → 1,536. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Fairview to work: where people go
Where Fairview clocks in
20% 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 workday in Fairview: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,219 residents head out to work, 223 work right here, and 1,313 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,000 people are in Fairview on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Fairview
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.
Fairview is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Tennessee.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,982 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Fairview households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Fairview comes 1,050th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Signal Mountain TN | 8,824 | $141K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Lakeland TN | 14,422 | $116K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 317 | Harrison TN | 8,011 | $89K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,048 | Milton VT | 10,646 | $119K | 3.6% | 6.0% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,049 | Forest Acres SC | 10,390 | $78K | 8.2% | 4.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,050 | Fairview TN | 10,877 | $91K | 11.6% | 3.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,051 | Salem Township KS | 9,673 | $73K | 11.6% | 1.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,052 | Lely Resort FL | 8,582 | $94K | 9.8% | 3.1% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Fairview?
$91,131 (±$16,279) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview?
11.6%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (38%, 23 mi), Franklin (20%, 16 mi), Brentwood (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairview walkable?
Fairview is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview
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.