Work & commute · Braintree

Work & commute in Braintree, MA

Most working residents leave Braintree for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (30%), Quincy (8%) and Weymouth Town (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,290 of 19,664 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 17,374 Braintree residents head out of town to work, 2,290 work right here, and 23,691 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Braintree.

17,374live here, work elsewhere

2,290live and work here

23,691work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Braintree goes to work

Boston8.8 mi away

30%5,940

Braintree Town (in town)right here

12%2,290

Quincy3.8 mi away

8%1,556

Weymouth Town2.9 mi away

4%740

Cambridge13.2 mi away

3%528

Hingham6.3 mi away

2%404

Canton6.6 mi away

2%403

Brockton8.6 mi away

2%323

Newton13.6 mi away

2%313

Waltham17.6 mi away

1%277

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%6,890

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

How far

How far Braintree commutes

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

50%

40%

50%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Braintree is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Braintree are

25,981 jobs are based in Braintree. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Braintree’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Braintree

25,981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Braintree residents hold

19,664 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+1%

Jobs based in Braintree, 2013 → 2023: 25,745 → 25,981. 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.