Work & commute · Fredonia

Work & commute in Fredonia, KS

About one in 3 of Fredonia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Neodesha (7%), Chanute (5%) and Independence (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

373 of 1,039 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 666 Fredonia residents head out of town to work, 373 work right here, and 942 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fredonia.

666live here, work elsewhere

373live and work here

942work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fredonia goes to work

Fredonia (in town)right here

36%373

Neodesha10.7 mi away

7%72

Chanute21.8 mi away

5%47

Independence21.5 mi away

4%43

Wichita84.2 mi away

4%41

Arkansas City74 mi away

3%30

Topeka104 mi away

2%25

Center1.9 mi away

2%19

Coffeyville35.8 mi away

1%15

Emporia63.4 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%359

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

How far

How far Fredonia commutes

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

43%

18%

33%

43%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fredonia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fredonia are

1,315 jobs are based in Fredonia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fredonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fredonia

1,315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Fredonia residents hold

1,039 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−31%

Jobs based in Fredonia, 2013 → 2023: 1,905 → 1,315. 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.