Work & commute · Boylston

Work & commute in Boylston, MA

Most working residents leave Boylston for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (18%), Boston (6%) and Marlborough (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

151 of 2,348 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,197 Boylston residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 1,321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boylston.

2,197live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

1,321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boylston goes to work

Worcester7.5 mi away

18%425

Boylston (in town)right here

6%151

Boston35.9 mi away

6%147

Marlborough8.6 mi away

6%136

Westborough8 mi away

3%78

Shrewsbury4.9 mi away

3%75

Framingham14.7 mi away

3%69

Northborough4.2 mi away

3%66

Hudson9 mi away

2%45

Cambridge30.5 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,117

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

How far

How far Boylston commutes

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

45%

24%

26%

45%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boylston is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boylston are

1,472 jobs are based in Boylston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boylston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boylston

1,472 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Boylston residents hold

2,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+11%

Jobs based in Boylston, 2013 → 2023: 1,323 → 1,472. 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.