Work & commute · Blackstone

Work & commute in Blackstone, MA

Most working residents leave Blackstone for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (11%), Milford (6%) and Franklin Town (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

286 of 5,088 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,802 Blackstone residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 956 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackstone.

4,802live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

956work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackstone goes to work

Boston33.4 mi away

11%535

Milford8.2 mi away

6%308

Blackstone (in town)right here

6%286

Franklin Town7 mi away

5%239

Bellingham3.9 mi away

4%202

Woonsocket, RI3.1 mi away

4%189

Framingham19.2 mi away

2%124

Cambridge31.4 mi away

2%108

Providence, RI16.1 mi away

2%105

Marlborough21.4 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,906

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

How far

How far Blackstone commutes

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

35%

32%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackstone is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackstone are

1,242 jobs are based in Blackstone. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blackstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blackstone

1,242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Blackstone residents hold

5,088 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+15%

Jobs based in Blackstone, 2013 → 2023: 1,077 → 1,242. 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.