Work & commute · Abington

Work & commute in Abington, MA

Most working residents leave Abington for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (14%), Quincy (6%) and Weymouth Town (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

542 of 8,032 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,490 Abington residents head out of town to work, 542 work right here, and 3,285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abington.

7,490live here, work elsewhere

542live and work here

3,285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abington goes to work

Boston15.3 mi away

14%1,142

Abington (in town)right here

7%542

Quincy10.4 mi away

6%480

Weymouth Town6.3 mi away

6%442

Brockton4.2 mi away

5%424

Braintree Town6.7 mi away

4%319

Hingham8.4 mi away

3%276

Rockland2.6 mi away

3%263

Norwell7.8 mi away

2%189

Canton9.6 mi away

2%163

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,792

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

How far

How far Abington commutes

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

46%

38%

12%

46%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abington is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Abington are

3,827 jobs are based in Abington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abington

3,827 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Abington residents hold

8,032 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+6%

Jobs based in Abington, 2013 → 2023: 3,625 → 3,827. 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.