Work & commute · Attleboro

Work & commute in Attleboro, MA

Most working residents leave Attleboro for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (9%), North Attleborough Town (5%) and Providence (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

3,379 of 22,828 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 19,449 Attleboro residents head out of town to work, 3,379 work right here, and 13,511 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Attleboro.

19,449live here, work elsewhere

3,379live and work here

13,511work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Attleboro goes to work

Attleboro (in town)right here

15%3,379

Boston31.2 mi away

9%2,046

North Attleborough Town3.4 mi away

5%1,076

Providence, RI9.9 mi away

4%1,010

Taunton10.4 mi away

3%609

Mansfield7.1 mi away

2%529

Norton6.2 mi away

2%475

Foxborough9.3 mi away

2%449

Franklin Town12.1 mi away

2%406

Pawtucket, RI5.6 mi away

2%386

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%12,463

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

How far

How far Attleboro commutes

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

37%

32%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Attleboro is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Attleboro are

16,890 jobs are based in Attleboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Attleboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Attleboro

16,890 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Attleboro residents hold

22,828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+4%

Jobs based in Attleboro, 2013 → 2023: 16,163 → 16,890. 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.