Photo: Parker Botanical · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Fredericktown earn less than those in 89% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Fredericktown are D for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 16.9% of residents live below the poverty line; Missouri has 12.6%. About one in four work in Fredericktown; the top destination outside it is Farmington (11%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fredericktown, in a few figures
Commutes from Fredericktown are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Fredericktown workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Fredericktown’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 17% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Fredericktown earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Fredericktown’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($49,375, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fredericktown could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Fredericktown’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fredericktown workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,776 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Fredericktown
2,246 jobs are based in Fredericktown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fredericktown, 2013 → 2023: 2,369 → 2,246. 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 Fredericktown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Fredericktown’s workers travel
About 30% 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.
How a workday changes Fredericktown
On a workday 1,294 residents head out to work, 473 work right here, and 1,773 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Fredericktown on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Fredericktown’s working residents head each day
Where Fredericktown clocks in
11% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Fredericktown is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fredericktown is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #47 of 247 in Missouri. Both inputs place Fredericktown near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,938 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.3% of Fredericktown households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Fredericktown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fredericktown next to U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,576 | Gilmer TX | 5,287 | $44K | 18.3% | 8.9% | 19% | D |
| 3,577 | Elkland Township MI | 3,485 | $62K | 15.2% | 7.7% | 23% | D |
| 3,578 | Fredericktown MO | 4,584 | $49K | 16.9% | 5.9% | 27% | D |
| 3,579 | Darlington SC | 6,075 | $34K | 30.2% | 7.1% | 14% | D |
| 3,580 | Sylvester GA | 5,430 | $58K | 27.9% | 6.1% | 18% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fredericktown, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work in the towns next to Fredericktown
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fredericktown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericktown | – | D | A− | 17 min | $49,375 |
| Cobalt | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Junction City | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cobalt and Junction City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fredericktown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Fredericktown: questions
What is the median household income in Fredericktown?
$49,375 (±$9,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fredericktown?
16.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fredericktown?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fredericktown work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (11%, 17 mi), Cape Girardeau (4%, 44 mi), Perryville (3%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fredericktown walkable?
Fredericktown is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fredericktown without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fredericktown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fredericktown
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.