93% of Dennis Port’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Dennis Port for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Dennis (17%), Barnstable Town (14%) and Yarmouth (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.
Work and commuting in Dennis Port, in brief
A longer commute than the towns next door
Dennis Port averages 31 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (17 to 25 minutes). Next door ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Dennis Port’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the Massachusetts average of 29. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Dennis Port and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Harwich (7%). Darker towns draw more of Dennis Port’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dennis Port workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Dennis Port quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,320 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 689 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Dennis Port on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Dennis
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Dennis Port clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Dennis Port commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 790 jobs in Dennis Port are
790 jobs are based in Dennis Port. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dennis Port’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dennis Port, 2013 → 2023: 630 → 790. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Dennis Port
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dennis Port, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.