Work & commute · Aquinnah

Work & commute in Aquinnah, MA

Most working residents leave Aquinnah for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are West Tisbury (16%), Tisbury (13%) and Oak Bluffs (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 134 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

52%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 125 Aquinnah residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aquinnah.

125live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aquinnah goes to work

West Tisbury9.6 mi away

16%22

Tisbury14.4 mi away

13%18

Oak Bluffs16.3 mi away

10%14

Boston69.7 mi away

10%13

Edgartown18 mi away

8%11

Aquinnah (in town)right here

7%9

Chilmark3.2 mi away

7%9

Falmouth21.4 mi away

2%3

Cambridge73.6 mi away

1%2

New York, NY168.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%31

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

How far

How far Aquinnah commutes

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

22%

43%

28%

22%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aquinnah is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aquinnah are

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

Jobs based in Aquinnah

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Aquinnah residents hold

134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+7%

Jobs based in Aquinnah, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 111. 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.