Work & commute · Barnstable

Work & commute in Barnstable, MA

40% of Barnstable’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Yarmouth (6%), Boston (5%) and Falmouth (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

8,022 of 19,936 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,914 Barnstable residents head out of town to work, 8,022 work right here, and 15,607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnstable.

11,914live here, work elsewhere

8,022live and work here

15,607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnstable goes to work

Barnstable Town (in town)right here

40%8,022

Yarmouth6.8 mi away

6%1,268

Boston57.4 mi away

5%1,096

Falmouth13.3 mi away

4%727

Sandwich7.6 mi away

3%696

Mashpee7.7 mi away

3%613

Dennis10.4 mi away

3%523

Bourne12.8 mi away

2%382

Harwich15 mi away

2%357

Plymouth20.5 mi away

1%292

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%5,960

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

How far

How far Barnstable commutes

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

53%

15%

24%

53%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnstable is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnstable are

23,629 jobs are based in Barnstable. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barnstable’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barnstable

23,629 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Barnstable residents hold

19,936 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+11%

Jobs based in Barnstable, 2013 → 2023: 21,371 → 23,629. 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.