Work & commute · Fredericktown

Work & commute in Fredericktown, MO

About one in 4 of Fredericktown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Farmington (11%), Cape Girardeau (4%) and Perryville (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

473 of 1,767 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,294 Fredericktown residents head out of town to work, 473 work right here, and 1,773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fredericktown.

1,294live here, work elsewhere

473live and work here

1,773work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fredericktown goes to work

Fredericktown (in town)right here

27%473

Farmington16.6 mi away

11%193

Cape Girardeau44.5 mi away

4%63

Perryville26 mi away

3%51

St. Louis74.2 mi away

2%35

Park Hills20.5 mi away

2%27

Jackson37.8 mi away

1%20

Poplar Bluff55.6 mi away

1%18

Potosi36.3 mi away

1%17

Clayton74.7 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%855

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

How far

How far Fredericktown commutes

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

34%

21%

16%

30%

34%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fredericktown 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 Fredericktown are

2,246 jobs are based in Fredericktown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fredericktown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fredericktown

2,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Fredericktown residents hold

1,767 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−5%

Jobs based in Fredericktown, 2013 → 2023: 2,369 → 2,246. 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.