Work & commute · Acushnet

Work & commute in Acushnet, MA

Most working residents leave Acushnet for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New Bedford (22%), Fairhaven (8%) and Dartmouth (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

364 of 5,083 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,719 Acushnet residents head out of town to work, 364 work right here, and 1,138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Acushnet.

4,719live here, work elsewhere

364live and work here

1,138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Acushnet goes to work

New Bedford4.4 mi away

22%1,105

Fairhaven6 mi away

8%404

Acushnet (in town)right here

7%364

Dartmouth10.9 mi away

7%354

Fall River9.9 mi away

5%243

Boston42.8 mi away

5%233

Taunton16.2 mi away

3%153

Wareham10.5 mi away

3%135

Middleborough11.2 mi away

2%102

Freetown7.4 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,907

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

How far

How far Acushnet commutes

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

50%

24%

17%

50%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Acushnet is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Acushnet are

1,502 jobs are based in Acushnet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acushnet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Acushnet

1,502 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Acushnet residents hold

5,083 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+46%

Jobs based in Acushnet, 2013 → 2023: 1,030 → 1,502. 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.