Work & commute · Bourne

Work & commute in Bourne, MA

Most working residents leave Bourne for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Falmouth (9%), Barnstable Town (7%) and Plymouth (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

1,290 of 7,326 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,036 Bourne residents head out of town to work, 1,290 work right here, and 5,384 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bourne.

6,036live here, work elsewhere

1,290live and work here

5,384work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bourne goes to work

Bourne (in town)right here

18%1,290

Falmouth8.5 mi away

9%669

Barnstable Town12.8 mi away

7%529

Plymouth11.7 mi away

7%527

Boston47.7 mi away

6%405

Sandwich5.5 mi away

4%322

Wareham6.7 mi away

3%232

Mashpee8.6 mi away

3%188

New Bedford18.3 mi away

2%123

Yarmouth19.1 mi away

2%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,923

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

How far

How far Bourne commutes

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

32%

30%

23%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bourne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bourne are

6,674 jobs are based in Bourne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bourne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bourne

6,674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Bourne residents hold

7,326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+6%

Jobs based in Bourne, 2013 → 2023: 6,288 → 6,674. 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.