Work & commute · Billerica

Work & commute in Billerica, MA

Most working residents leave Billerica for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (10%), Burlington (6%) and Woburn (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,539 of 21,314 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,775 Billerica residents head out of town to work, 2,539 work right here, and 22,670 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Billerica.

18,775live here, work elsewhere

2,539live and work here

22,670work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Billerica goes to work

Billerica (in town)right here

12%2,539

Boston20.1 mi away

10%2,113

Burlington4.9 mi away

6%1,266

Woburn7.3 mi away

5%999

Waltham11.8 mi away

4%832

Bedford4.3 mi away

4%807

Cambridge14.6 mi away

3%713

Lowell6.3 mi away

3%698

Chelmsford6.1 mi away

3%629

Lexington8.1 mi away

3%592

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%10,126

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

How far

How far Billerica commutes

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

47%

42%

47%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Billerica is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Billerica are

25,209 jobs are based in Billerica. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Billerica’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Billerica

25,209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Billerica residents hold

21,314 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+17%

Jobs based in Billerica, 2013 → 2023: 21,537 → 25,209. 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.