Work & commute · Bridgewater

Work & commute in Bridgewater, MA

Most working residents leave Bridgewater for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (14%), Brockton (8%) and Taunton (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

911 of 12,946 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,035 Bridgewater residents head out of town to work, 911 work right here, and 7,194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgewater.

12,035live here, work elsewhere

911live and work here

7,194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgewater goes to work

Boston25 mi away

14%1,779

Brockton8 mi away

8%972

Bridgewater Town (in town)right here

7%911

Taunton7.6 mi away

3%378

Quincy20 mi away

3%373

West Bridgewater4.2 mi away

2%323

Plymouth19.5 mi away

2%282

Canton15.9 mi away

2%281

Raynham4.5 mi away

2%268

Easton8.1 mi away

2%264

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%7,115

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

How far

How far Bridgewater commutes

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

29%

39%

27%

29%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater are

8,105 jobs are based in Bridgewater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridgewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bridgewater

8,105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Bridgewater residents hold

12,946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+8%

Jobs based in Bridgewater, 2013 → 2023: 7,481 → 8,105. 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.