Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Fredericksburg has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Fredericksburg; the top destination outside it is New Albany (10%, 22 miles). Employers in Fredericksburg report 5 jobs, against 52 working residents. The poverty rate is 100.0% (Indiana 12.3%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Fredericksburg
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1 people are in Fredericksburg on a workday afternoon, 98% 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 Fredericksburg to work: where people go
Where Fredericksburg clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Fredericksburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fredericksburg, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 5. 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.
How far Fredericksburg’s workers travel
About 26% 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 poverty rate in Fredericksburg?
100.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fredericksburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Albany (10%, 22 mi), Jeffersonville (10%, 28 mi), Louisville (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
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.