Work & commute · Boxborough

Work & commute in Boxborough, MA

Most working residents leave Boxborough for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (15%), Acton (7%) and Cambridge (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

137 of 2,783 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,646 Boxborough residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 3,261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boxborough.

2,646live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

3,261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boxborough goes to work

Boston28 mi away

15%411

Acton4.2 mi away

7%208

Cambridge21.9 mi away

7%206

Boxborough (in town)right here

5%137

Waltham15.7 mi away

4%112

Burlington16.3 mi away

3%89

Concord8.1 mi away

3%81

Lexington15.1 mi away

2%65

Marlborough9.5 mi away

2%63

Andover21.4 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,355

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

How far

How far Boxborough commutes

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

25%

58%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boxborough is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boxborough are

3,398 jobs are based in Boxborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boxborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boxborough

3,398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Boxborough residents hold

2,783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−11%

Jobs based in Boxborough, 2013 → 2023: 3,807 → 3,398. 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.