Work & commute · Brewster

Work & commute in Brewster, MA

Most working residents leave Brewster for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Barnstable Town (11%), Orleans (10%) and Boston (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

607 of 4,121 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,514 Brewster residents head out of town to work, 607 work right here, and 1,785 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brewster.

3,514live here, work elsewhere

607live and work here

1,785work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brewster goes to work

Brewster (in town)right here

15%607

Barnstable Town16.2 mi away

11%440

Orleans5.2 mi away

10%414

Boston63.4 mi away

7%269

Harwich3.3 mi away

6%267

Chatham10.7 mi away

6%250

Dennis5.9 mi away

5%223

Yarmouth9.7 mi away

4%164

Eastham7.8 mi away

2%81

Wellfleet12 mi away

2%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,332

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

How far

How far Brewster commutes

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

48%

16%

28%

48%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brewster is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brewster are

2,392 jobs are based in Brewster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brewster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brewster

2,392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Brewster residents hold

4,121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+5%

Jobs based in Brewster, 2013 → 2023: 2,287 → 2,392. 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.