There are 1916 households in Fehraltorf. Fehraltorf has an unemployment rate of 2.58%. , there were 153 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 31 businesses involved in this sector. 884 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 78 businesses in this sector. 1472 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 192 businesses in this sector. 71.8% of the working population were employed full-time, and 28.2% were employed part-time. The historical population is given in the following table: Fehraltorf railway station is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürich on the line S3. The Speck-Fehraltorf Airfield (ICAO Code LSZK) south of town offers a 600m grass runway.