Photo: Freekee · Public domainFredonia has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Fredonia has 335 jobs; 997 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Fredonia for work; outside it, Milwaukee is the main destination (14%, 31 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Wisconsin 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fredonia at work: what stands out
Fredonia’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fredonia is Milwaukee, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (142) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fredonia makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Fredonia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fredonia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Fredonia empties out on a workday
About 1,400 people are in Fredonia on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 2,100 who live here: 970 head out to work and 310 come in. Day and night ↓
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; with 997 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fredonia
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.
Fredonia makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fredonia, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 335. 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.
Fredonia on a workday afternoon
On a workday 969 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 307 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Fredonia on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Fredonia goes to work
Where Fredonia clocks in
14% 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.
The daily trip from Fredonia: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fredonia workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 899 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Fredonia and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fredonia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredonia | – | — | — | 23 min | $82,109 |
| Farmington | under 3% | A+ | D− | 27 min | $102,174 |
| Saukville | under 3% | A | C+ | 22 min | $106,339 |
| Sherman | under 3% | A | C | 22 min | $107,202 |
| Belgium | under 3% | A | D | 19 min | $91,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$82,109 (±$15,647) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fredonia?
5.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fredonia?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fredonia work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (14%, 31 mi), Port Washington (7%, 10 mi), Grafton (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fredonia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.