Work & commute · Bellingham

Work & commute in Bellingham, MA

Most working residents leave Bellingham for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Franklin Town (6%) and Milford (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

792 of 9,221 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,429 Bellingham residents head out of town to work, 792 work right here, and 5,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellingham.

8,429live here, work elsewhere

792live and work here

5,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellingham goes to work

Boston29.5 mi away

12%1,113

Bellingham (in town)right here

9%792

Franklin Town3.3 mi away

6%535

Milford6.2 mi away

5%424

Framingham16.1 mi away

3%290

Marlborough19.2 mi away

2%183

Medway5.9 mi away

2%182

Westborough15 mi away

2%175

Hopkinton10.7 mi away

2%160

Natick15.8 mi away

2%151

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%5,216

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

How far

How far Bellingham commutes

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

31%

40%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellingham is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellingham are

6,333 jobs are based in Bellingham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bellingham

6,333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Bellingham residents hold

9,221 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+21%

Jobs based in Bellingham, 2013 → 2023: 5,242 → 6,333. 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.