Work & commute · Chilmark

Work & commute in Chilmark, MA

Most working residents leave Chilmark for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are West Tisbury (19%), Oak Bluffs (13%) and Tisbury (12%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

41 of 425 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 384 Chilmark residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chilmark.

384live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

314work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chilmark goes to work

West Tisbury8.9 mi away

19%80

Oak Bluffs15.7 mi away

13%56

Tisbury14.4 mi away

12%53

Chilmark (in town)right here

10%41

Edgartown16.3 mi away

8%36

Boston72.2 mi away

8%35

Aquinnah3.2 mi away

2%7

Cambridge76.2 mi away

1%6

Worcester85.3 mi away

1%5

Springfield106.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%102

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

How far

How far Chilmark commutes

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

53%

13%

28%

53%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chilmark is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chilmark are

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

Jobs based in Chilmark

355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Chilmark residents hold

425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+66%

Jobs based in Chilmark, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 355. 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.