Work & commute · Avon

Work & commute in Avon, MA

Most working residents leave Avon for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (16%), Brockton (8%) and Stoughton (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

174 of 2,299 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 2,125 Avon residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 4,751 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avon.

2,125live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

4,751work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avon goes to work

Boston14 mi away

16%361

Brockton3.7 mi away

8%185

Avon (in town)right here

8%174

Stoughton2.7 mi away

4%100

Braintree Town5.7 mi away

4%99

Quincy9.2 mi away

4%86

Canton4.7 mi away

4%83

Randolph Town3.2 mi away

3%68

Weymouth Town7.5 mi away

3%58

Cambridge17.2 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,032

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

How far

How far Avon commutes

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

48%

38%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avon is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Avon are

4,925 jobs are based in Avon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avon

4,925 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Avon residents hold

2,299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+1%

Jobs based in Avon, 2013 → 2023: 4,858 → 4,925. 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.