Work & commute · Fredericksburg

Work & commute in Fredericksburg, TX

40% of Fredericksburg’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (13%), Austin (4%) and Kerrville (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

1,842 of 4,653 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,811 Fredericksburg residents head out of town to work, 1,842 work right here, and 5,609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fredericksburg.

2,811live here, work elsewhere

1,842live and work here

5,609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fredericksburg goes to work

Fredericksburg (in town)right here

40%1,842

San Antonio59.3 mi away

13%601

Austin67 mi away

4%175

Kerrville21.9 mi away

3%151

Houston211.2 mi away

2%77

San Marcos62.3 mi away

1%43

Dallas214.3 mi away

1%36

Boerne34.4 mi away

1%34

Corpus Christi201.7 mi away

1%32

New Braunfels60 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,632

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.

50%

38%

50%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fredericksburg is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fredericksburg are

7,451 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

7,451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Fredericksburg residents hold

4,653 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+9%

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.

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.