Work & commute · Cohasset

Work & commute in Cohasset, MA

Most working residents leave Cohasset for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (35%), Hingham (5%) and Quincy (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

343 of 3,556 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 3,213 Cohasset residents head out of town to work, 343 work right here, and 2,877 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cohasset.

3,213live here, work elsewhere

343live and work here

2,877work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cohasset goes to work

Boston12 mi away

35%1,247

Cohasset (in town)right here

10%343

Hingham4.9 mi away

5%166

Quincy10.7 mi away

4%143

Cambridge18.1 mi away

4%141

Scituate4.9 mi away

3%95

Weymouth Town8.4 mi away

2%79

Norwell6.8 mi away

2%67

Braintree Town11.1 mi away

2%60

Rockland10.8 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,172

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

How far

How far Cohasset commutes

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

25%

60%

10%

25%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cohasset is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cohasset are

3,220 jobs are based in Cohasset. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cohasset’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cohasset

3,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Cohasset residents hold

3,556 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+41%

Jobs based in Cohasset, 2013 → 2023: 2,277 → 3,220. 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.