Work & commute · Berkley

Work & commute in Berkley, MA

Most working residents leave Berkley for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (10%), Taunton (9%) and Fall River (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

186 of 3,516 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,330 Berkley residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 573 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berkley.

3,330live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

573work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berkley goes to work

Boston34.3 mi away

10%364

Taunton4.6 mi away

9%328

Fall River8.3 mi away

7%241

Berkley (in town)right here

5%186

Brockton17.1 mi away

5%164

Raynham6.6 mi away

3%100

Middleborough11.1 mi away

2%66

Somerset8.2 mi away

2%64

Lakeville6.2 mi away

2%56

Canton23.5 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,891

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

How far

How far Berkley commutes

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

30%

35%

29%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berkley is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berkley are

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

Jobs based in Berkley

759 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Berkley residents hold

3,516 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+26%

Jobs based in Berkley, 2013 → 2023: 604 → 759. 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.