Work & commute · Dedham

Work & commute in Dedham, MA

Most working residents leave Dedham for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (34%), Cambridge (4%) and Newton (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,120 of 13,136 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,016 Dedham residents head out of town to work, 1,120 work right here, and 14,205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dedham.

12,016live here, work elsewhere

1,120live and work here

14,205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dedham goes to work

Boston10.4 mi away

34%4,468

Dedham (in town)right here

9%1,120

Cambridge9.4 mi away

4%575

Newton6 mi away

4%562

Waltham10.3 mi away

3%411

Needham4 mi away

3%330

Norwood4.2 mi away

2%295

Brookline5.7 mi away

2%261

Westwood2.7 mi away

2%259

Canton5.6 mi away

2%238

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%4,617

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

How far

How far Dedham commutes

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

65%

26%

65%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dedham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dedham are

15,325 jobs are based in Dedham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dedham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dedham

15,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Dedham residents hold

13,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+8%

Jobs based in Dedham, 2013 → 2023: 14,236 → 15,325. 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.