Work & commute · Boxford

Work & commute in Boxford, MA

Most working residents leave Boxford for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Danvers (4%) and Peabody (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

246 of 3,238 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,992 Boxford residents head out of town to work, 246 work right here, and 963 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boxford.

2,992live here, work elsewhere

246live and work here

963work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boxford goes to work

Boston24.4 mi away

12%380

Boxford (in town)right here

8%246

Danvers8.7 mi away

4%145

Peabody10.9 mi away

3%97

Andover7.1 mi away

3%95

Beverly13 mi away

3%94

North Andover3.2 mi away

3%89

Burlington15.3 mi away

3%85

Cambridge21.8 mi away

3%84

Woburn15 mi away

3%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,839

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

How far

How far Boxford commutes

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

32%

49%

14%

32%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boxford is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boxford are

1,209 jobs are based in Boxford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boxford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boxford

1,209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Boxford residents hold

3,238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+19%

Jobs based in Boxford, 2013 → 2023: 1,016 → 1,209. 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.