Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFredonia has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any stay in Fredonia for work; outside it, Hermitage is the main destination (7%, 12 miles). Employers in Fredonia report 36 jobs, and 167 of its residents work somewhere. 23% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fredonia by day and by night
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Fredonia on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where people from Fredonia work
Where Fredonia clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Fredonia makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fredonia, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 36. 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 Fredonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fredonia workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 23% 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.
The commute from Fredonia, by distance
About 20% 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 Fredonia compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Delaware Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fredonia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredonia | – | — | — | 31 min | $52,639 |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Delaware Township | 6% | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $71,765 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fredonia’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 Fredonia: questions
What is the median household income in Fredonia?
$52,639 (±$17,513) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fredonia?
27.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fredonia?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fredonia work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (7%, 12 mi), Pymatuning Township (7%, 8 mi), Delaware Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fredonia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fredonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fredonia
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.