Work & commute · Frederic

Work & commute in Frederic, WI

Most working residents leave Frederic for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are St. Croix Falls (6%), Luck (5%) and Siren (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 561 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 512 Frederic residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frederic.

512live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frederic goes to work

Frederic (in town)right here

9%49

St. Croix Falls18.4 mi away

6%31

Luck5.2 mi away

5%26

Siren9.5 mi away

4%24

West Sweden2.9 mi away

4%23

Grantsburg13.8 mi away

4%20

Minneapolis, MN61.7 mi away

3%16

Milltown9.3 mi away

2%13

Balsam Lake12.7 mi away

2%12

Turtle Lake23.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%336

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

How far

How far Frederic commutes

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

26%

14%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frederic is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Frederic are

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

Jobs based in Frederic

774 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Frederic residents hold

561 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+10%

Jobs based in Frederic, 2013 → 2023: 704 → 774. 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.