Work & commute · Fredericksburg

Work & commute in Fredericksburg, IA

Most working residents leave Fredericksburg for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New Hampton (19%), Sumner (5%) and Waterloo (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 481 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 438 Fredericksburg residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fredericksburg.

438live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fredericksburg goes to work

New Hampton8.7 mi away

19%90

Fredericksburg (in town)right here

9%43

Sumner9.4 mi away

5%25

Waterloo33.6 mi away

5%25

Decorah31.2 mi away

3%16

Cedar Falls33.5 mi away

3%15

Waverly21.7 mi away

2%12

Cedar Rapids74 mi away

2%12

Lawler7.7 mi away

2%10

Mason City52.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%224

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Fredericksburg commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

41%

16%

21%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fredericksburg is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fredericksburg are

306 jobs are based in Fredericksburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fredericksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fredericksburg

306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Fredericksburg residents hold

481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−1%

Jobs based in Fredericksburg, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 306. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.