Household incomes in New Fairview top those of 70% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in New Fairview; the top destination outside it is Fort Worth (21%, 23 miles). 28.9% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. The two grades for New Fairview are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Fairview: the figures worth knowing
New Fairview’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside New Fairview is Fort Worth, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (151) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
New Fairview workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
46% of the jobs in New Fairview are in trade, transport and utilities, against 28% of the jobs its residents hold. 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; with 733 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where New Fairview’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, New Fairview is better than 51% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds New Fairview’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: New Fairview’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, New Fairview could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where in the region New Fairview works
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 long New Fairview spends getting to work: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Fairview workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 679 commuters (the 7% 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.
New Fairview works in goods: 33% of its jobs
514 jobs are based in New Fairview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 514. 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 New Fairview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in New Fairview, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 722 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 503 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in New Fairview on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.70 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of New Fairview to work: where people go
Where New Fairview clocks in
21% of workers
8% 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.
Few in New Fairview walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Fairview is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 734 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of New Fairview households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of New Fairview’s commuters take a bus or train.
New Fairview next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200: 1,956th of 5,381 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 26 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,954 | Hartford Township OH | 1,819 | $96K | 17.5% | 0.6% | 2% | B− |
| 1,955 | Brush Valley Township PA | 1,672 | $77K | 6.5% | 4.9% | 1% | B− |
| 1,956 | New Fairview TX | 1,666 | $92K | 28.9% | 1.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,957 | Elsah Township IL | 2,093 | $74K | 5.9% | 6.8% | 5% | B− |
| 1,958 | Pine City Township MN | 1,399 | $86K | 5.4% | 2.3% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 New Fairview, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 New Fairview: questions
What is the median household income in New Fairview?
$91,806 (±$13,513) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Fairview?
28.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Fairview?
39 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Fairview work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (21%, 23 mi), Decatur (8%, 12 mi), Irving (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Fairview walkable?
New Fairview is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Fairview without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Fairview, from the people who make the trip.
More of New 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.