Work & commute · Amesbury

Work & commute in Amesbury, MA

Most working residents leave Amesbury for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Newburyport (10%), Boston (10%) and Haverhill (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,009 of 8,421 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,412 Amesbury residents head out of town to work, 1,009 work right here, and 3,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amesbury.

7,412live here, work elsewhere

1,009live and work here

3,662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amesbury goes to work

Amesbury (in town)right here

12%1,009

Newburyport4.4 mi away

10%826

Boston35.9 mi away

10%819

Haverhill8.2 mi away

3%287

Andover17.5 mi away

3%226

Danvers19.1 mi away

3%224

Beverly21.1 mi away

3%217

Salisbury5.8 mi away

3%217

Portsmouth, NH17 mi away

2%208

Seabrook, NH5.2 mi away

2%161

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,227

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

How far

How far Amesbury commutes

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

35%

31%

27%

35%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amesbury is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Amesbury are

4,671 jobs are based in Amesbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amesbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amesbury

4,671 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Amesbury residents hold

8,421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+30%

Jobs based in Amesbury, 2013 → 2023: 3,597 → 4,671. 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.