Photo: Hot Furnace · CC BY-SA 4.0Fredericksburg has lower household incomes than 67% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Fredericksburg; the top destination outside it is San Antonio (13%, 59 miles). 9.2% of residents live below the poverty line (Texas 13.8%). Jobs and income earn Fredericksburg C+; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Fredericksburg apart on work
Commutes from Fredericksburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Fredericksburg’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fredericksburg is San Antonio, 59 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (601) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fredericksburg is where the jobs are
Fredericksburg has 7,451 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fredericksburg draws workers from far and wide
The 7,451 jobs in Fredericksburg are filled from a wide area. Fredericksburg’s own residents hold 25% and the ten next-biggest home towns 14%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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.
The figures behind Fredericksburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fredericksburg is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #367 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate holds Fredericksburg’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fredericksburg could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Commuting from Fredericksburg: about 14 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fredericksburg workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,104 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Miles to work from Fredericksburg
About 38% 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.
Fredericksburg on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,811 residents head out to work, 1,842 work right here, and 5,609 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Fredericksburg on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Fredericksburg, and from where
Where Fredericksburg clocks in
13% 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.
Jobs in Fredericksburg: what the 7,451 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fredericksburg, 2013 → 2023: 6,837 → 7,451. 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 Fredericksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Fredericksburg walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fredericksburg is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #106 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Fredericksburg 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 4,715 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). 7.3% of Fredericksburg households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fredericksburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fredericksburg places 1,941st of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Lantana TX | 12,766 | $199K | 0.6% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,939 | Nameoki Township IL | 11,971 | $65K | 17.3% | 6.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,940 | Derry Township PA | 13,360 | $66K | 14.4% | 4.5% | 13% | C+ |
| 1,941 | Fredericksburg TX | 11,893 | $65K | 9.2% | 4.3% | 40% | C+ |
| 1,942 | Rincon GA | 11,726 | $74K | 9.0% | 9.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,943 | Jerome ID | 13,731 | $67K | 11.2% | 4.6% | 24% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Fredericksburg, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Fredericksburg: questions
What is the median household income in Fredericksburg?
$64,534 (±$9,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fredericksburg?
9.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fredericksburg?
14 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fredericksburg work?
40% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Antonio (13%, 59 mi), Austin (4%, 67 mi), Kerrville (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fredericksburg walkable?
Fredericksburg is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fredericksburg 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 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), 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.