Work & commute · Ashburnham

Work & commute in Ashburnham, MA

Most working residents leave Ashburnham for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fitchburg (10%), Gardner (7%) and Leominster (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

266 of 2,973 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,707 Ashburnham residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 658 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashburnham.

2,707live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

658work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashburnham goes to work

Fitchburg6.2 mi away

10%285

Ashburnham (in town)right here

9%266

Gardner5.7 mi away

7%219

Leominster11.6 mi away

6%187

Worcester26.8 mi away

5%156

Boston51.1 mi away

4%130

Westminster6.7 mi away

3%96

Lunenburg11.1 mi away

2%52

Ayer18.4 mi away

2%50

Winchendon7 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,485

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

How far

How far Ashburnham commutes

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

32%

26%

34%

32%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashburnham is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashburnham are

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

Jobs based in Ashburnham

924 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Ashburnham residents hold

2,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+9%

Jobs based in Ashburnham, 2013 → 2023: 847 → 924. 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.