Work & commute · Charlton

Work & commute in Charlton, MA

Most working residents leave Charlton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (19%), Boston (5%) and Auburn (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

523 of 6,486 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 5,963 Charlton residents head out of town to work, 523 work right here, and 3,430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlton.

5,963live here, work elsewhere

523live and work here

3,430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlton goes to work

Worcester12.4 mi away

19%1,206

Charlton (in town)right here

8%523

Boston50.7 mi away

5%321

Auburn7.7 mi away

5%309

Oxford5.2 mi away

3%226

Southbridge Town6.1 mi away

3%217

Dudley5.8 mi away

3%174

Webster8.6 mi away

2%156

Marlborough26.2 mi away

2%150

Sturbridge6.5 mi away

2%144

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,060

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

How far

How far Charlton commutes

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

31%

34%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlton is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlton are

3,953 jobs are based in Charlton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charlton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Charlton

3,953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Charlton residents hold

6,486 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+4%

Jobs based in Charlton, 2013 → 2023: 3,810 → 3,953. 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.