Ramona Theatre · Photo: Crimsonedge34 · CC BY-SA 3.0Frederick’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 25.0% of residents; Oklahoma has 15.3%. The two grades for Frederick are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in three work in Frederick; the top destination outside it is Lawton (11%, 37 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Frederick
Most jobs in Frederick go to people who live here
Of the 889 jobs based in Frederick, 57% are held by Frederick residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Frederick’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Frederick is Lawton, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (152) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Frederick makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Frederick are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Frederick residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Frederick’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Frederick is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #110 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Frederick’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($44,595, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Frederick could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Frederick on a workday afternoon
On a workday 879 residents head out to work, 510 work right here, and 379 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Frederick on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
How far Frederick goes to work
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.
A place that makes things: 35% of Frederick’s jobs are in goods
889 jobs are based in Frederick.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frederick, 2013 → 2023: 836 → 889. 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 Frederick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Frederick’s residents
Where Frederick clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Frederick
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frederick workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,289 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% 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.
In Frederick, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frederick is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #29 of 131 in Oklahoma. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.5% across Oklahoma, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,316 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). 13.4% of Frederick households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Frederick’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Frederick compares with U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 970 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,684 | Jones OK | 3,222 | $77K | 15.2% | 2.5% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,111 | Ozark AR | 3,628 | $48K | 17.8% | 13.0% | 30% | D |
| 4,112 | Anna IL | 4,096 | $33K | 34.3% | 6.7% | 28% | D |
| 4,113 | Frederick OK | 3,371 | $45K | 25.0% | 5.0% | 37% | D |
| 4,114 | Lucerne CA | 3,435 | $57K | 19.4% | 6.7% | 8% | D |
| 4,115 | Chauvin LA | 2,502 | $53K | 21.3% | 10.3% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Frederick, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
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 Frederick: questions
What is the median household income in Frederick?
$44,595 (±$9,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frederick?
25.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frederick?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frederick work?
37% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawton (11%, 37 mi), Oklahoma City (7%, 114 mi), Vernon (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Frederick walkable?
Frederick is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frederick without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frederick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frederick
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.