How Fredericksburg works: jobs, income and commuting
About one in ten stay in Fredericksburg for work; outside it, New Hampton is the main destination (19%, 9 miles). The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. Employers in Fredericksburg report 306 jobs, and 481 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Fredericksburg apart on work
Where Fredericksburg goes to work
Where Fredericksburg clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Fredericksburg
On a workday 438 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Fredericksburg on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.64 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.
In Fredericksburg, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fredericksburg, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 306. 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 Fredericksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, about the IA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fredericksburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 392 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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.
How far Fredericksburg goes to work
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Fredericksburg: questions
What is the median household income in Fredericksburg?
$65,313 (±$16,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fredericksburg?
10.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fredericksburg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fredericksburg work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Hampton (19%, 9 mi), Sumner (5%, 9 mi), Waterloo (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fredericksburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fredericksburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fredericksburg
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.