Work & commute · Brockton

Work & commute in Brockton, MA

About one in 5 of Brockton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boston (17%), Stoughton (3%) and Braintree Town (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

9,788 of 47,647 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,859 Brockton residents head out of town to work, 9,788 work right here, and 25,329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brockton.

37,859live here, work elsewhere

9,788live and work here

25,329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brockton goes to work

Brockton (in town)right here

21%9,788

Boston17.3 mi away

17%8,228

Stoughton4.7 mi away

3%1,527

Braintree Town8.6 mi away

3%1,329

Canton8.2 mi away

3%1,244

Quincy12.3 mi away

2%1,183

Cambridge20.8 mi away

2%994

Weymouth Town9.5 mi away

2%911

Randolph Town6.8 mi away

2%876

Easton5.2 mi away

2%868

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%20,699

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

How far

How far Brockton commutes

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

43%

42%

11%

43%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brockton is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brockton are

35,117 jobs are based in Brockton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brockton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brockton

35,117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Brockton residents hold

47,647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−3%

Jobs based in Brockton, 2013 → 2023: 36,246 → 35,117. 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.