With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Frederika works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 35 minutes on average (Iowa 20, U.S. 26). There are 21 jobs in Frederika, and 109 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Frederika itself; outside it, Waterloo draws the most (17%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Frederika for work, and who comes in
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Frederika on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
The places Frederika commutes to
Where Frederika clocks in
17% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Frederika
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frederika, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 21. 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 Frederika’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Frederika
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frederika workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 117 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Frederika
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 Frederika: questions
What is the median household income in Frederika?
$57,083 (±$25,426) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frederika?
14.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frederika?
35 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frederika work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterloo (17%, 27 mi), Waverly (13%, 14 mi), Cedar Rapids (6%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Frederika without a car?
1% 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 Frederika, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frederika
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.