Work & commute · Carlisle

Work & commute in Carlisle, MA

Most working residents leave Carlisle for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (19%), Cambridge (10%) and Concord (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

148 of 2,297 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,149 Carlisle residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 691 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlisle.

2,149live here, work elsewhere

148live and work here

691work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlisle goes to work

Boston22.7 mi away

19%430

Cambridge16.6 mi away

10%236

Carlisle (in town)right here

6%148

Concord5.1 mi away

5%118

Burlington8.5 mi away

4%102

Waltham11.9 mi away

4%84

Bedford4.8 mi away

3%77

Lexington9.2 mi away

2%50

Billerica5.3 mi away

2%50

Andover12.7 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%955

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

How far

How far Carlisle commutes

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

34%

56%

34%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlisle is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlisle are

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

Jobs based in Carlisle

839 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Carlisle residents hold

2,297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+26%

Jobs based in Carlisle, 2013 → 2023: 665 → 839. 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.