Work & commute · Bolton

Work & commute in Bolton, MA

Most working residents leave Bolton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (8%), Marlborough (7%) and Worcester (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

110 of 2,492 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,382 Bolton residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 1,207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolton.

2,382live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

1,207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolton goes to work

Boston30.9 mi away

8%204

Marlborough6.8 mi away

7%167

Worcester15.8 mi away

5%116

Bolton (in town)right here

4%110

Waltham18.7 mi away

4%91

Framingham12.4 mi away

4%89

Cambridge25 mi away

3%78

Hudson4.5 mi away

3%77

Burlington20.9 mi away

3%65

Westborough11.9 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,438

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

How far

How far Bolton commutes

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

27%

45%

23%

27%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolton is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolton are

1,317 jobs are based in Bolton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bolton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bolton

1,317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Bolton residents hold

2,492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−4%

Jobs based in Bolton, 2013 → 2023: 1,378 → 1,317. 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.