Marmion · Public domainFairview Beach has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Virginia as a whole has 18%. There are 31 jobs in Fairview Beach, and 132 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Fairview Beach itself; outside it, King George draws the most (14%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fairview Beach on a workday afternoon
On a workday 131 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 79 people are in Fairview Beach on a workday afternoon, 56% 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.
Out of Fairview Beach to work: where people go
Where Fairview Beach clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
In Fairview Beach, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairview Beach, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 31. 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 Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 51 minutes from Fairview Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairview Beach workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Fairview Beach, by distance
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.
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 Beach: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fairview Beach?
1.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairview Beach?
51 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairview Beach work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are King George (14%, 5 mi), Fredericksburg (8%, 13 mi), Washington (5%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairview Beach without a car?
0% 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 Fairview Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview Beach
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.