Work & commute · Dartmouth

Work & commute in Dartmouth, MA

Most working residents leave Dartmouth for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are New Bedford (18%), Fall River (9%) and Boston (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,401 of 14,302 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,901 Dartmouth residents head out of town to work, 2,401 work right here, and 13,871 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dartmouth.

11,901live here, work elsewhere

2,401live and work here

13,871work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dartmouth goes to work

New Bedford6.6 mi away

18%2,516

Dartmouth (in town)right here

17%2,401

Fall River12.6 mi away

9%1,241

Boston53 mi away

6%865

Fairhaven6.5 mi away

4%598

Westport6.5 mi away

2%352

Taunton24.3 mi away

2%283

Wareham18.7 mi away

1%203

Providence, RI29.6 mi away

1%175

Plymouth28.3 mi away

1%169

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%5,499

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

How far

How far Dartmouth commutes

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

47%

19%

18%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dartmouth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dartmouth are

16,272 jobs are based in Dartmouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dartmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dartmouth

16,272 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Dartmouth residents hold

14,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+6%

Jobs based in Dartmouth, 2013 → 2023: 15,399 → 16,272. 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.