Photo: Fairsaka · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Fairview works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Fairview is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. Employers in Fairview report 1,746 jobs, and 4,770 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Fairview is better than 70% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fairview in brief
A lot of Fairview works from home
35% of Fairview workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fairview
70% of Fairview residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Fairview pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fairview has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fairview went from 1,111 in 2013 to 1,746 in 2023, +57%. The jobs ↓
Fairview’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fairview is Dallas, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (882) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fairview workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (28 to 30 minutes). 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Fairview gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Fairview’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairview could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Fairview
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,446 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 kinds of work in Fairview
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 1,111 → 1,746. 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips 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.
How a workday changes Fairview
On a workday 4,679 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 1,655 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,900 people are in Fairview on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
18% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Fairview clocks in
9% 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.
Most trips from Fairview start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,783 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). 3.9% of Fairview households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairview next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000: 1,006th of 2,507 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,004 | Falls Township OH | 8,690 | $75K | 7.7% | 1.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,005 | Bridge City TX | 9,645 | $89K | 8.3% | 2.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,006 | Fairview TX | 10,913 | $109K | 14.8% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,007 | Decatur TX | 9,029 | $73K | 8.0% | 2.5% | 21% | B+ |
| 1,008 | Pewaukee WI | 8,216 | $62K | 7.3% | 3.0% | 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 Texas.
16% of Fairview works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to McKinney (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Fairview’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 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?
$109,347 (±$18,030) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairview?
14.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (18%, 25 mi), Plano (14%, 10 mi), McKinney (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fairview walkable?
Fairview is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 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 4% 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.