Most of Fredericktown commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. There are 66 jobs in Fredericktown, and 127 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Fredericktown; the top destination outside it is Washington (6%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fredericktown by day and by night
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Fredericktown on a workday afternoon, 13% 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 towns that employ Fredericktown’s residents
Where Fredericktown clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 32% of the jobs in Fredericktown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fredericktown, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 66. 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Fredericktown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fredericktown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 320 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 Fredericktown’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
The towns around Fredericktown
The biggest share goes to Deemston (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fredericktown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericktown | – | — | — | 28 min | $138,016 |
| Aaronsburg | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Millsboro | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Deemston | 4% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Aaronsburg and Millsboro: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Deemston: 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?
$138,016 (±$42,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fredericktown?
0.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fredericktown?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fredericktown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (6%, 17 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 30 mi), Deemston (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fredericktown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.