Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Fredericksburg has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 646 people commute in to work
The average commute takes 18 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). 655 jobs are based in Fredericksburg, against 298 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Fredericksburg apart
Fredericksburg is where the jobs are
Fredericksburg has 655 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,000 people are in town, 53% more than the 670 who live here. Day and night ↓
Fredericksburg makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Fredericksburg are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fredericksburg residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Fredericksburg and Meadville trade workers both ways
Meadville is the top workplace for Fredericksburg residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Fredericksburg come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 298 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Fredericksburg on a workday afternoon
On a workday 289 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in Fredericksburg on a workday afternoon, 53% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
72% of the jobs in Fredericksburg make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fredericksburg, 2014 → 2024: 727 → 655. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fredericksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Fredericksburg
Where Fredericksburg clocks in
20% of workers
18% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Fredericksburg: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fredericksburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 275 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% 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 it is to work from Fredericksburg
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Fredericksburg’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fredericksburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericksburg | – | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Meadville | 20% | D | A | 15 min | $43,308 |
| Kerrtown | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kerrtown: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Meadville. Darker towns draw more of Fredericksburg’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 2024, 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?
25.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fredericksburg?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fredericksburg work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meadville (20%, 2 mi), Vernon Township (18%, 2 mi), West Mead Township (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fredericksburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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), 2024, 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.