Work & commute · Dennis

Work & commute in Dennis, MA

Most working residents leave Dennis for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Barnstable Town (15%), Yarmouth (9%) and Boston (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

907 of 5,557 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,650 Dennis residents head out of town to work, 907 work right here, and 3,291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dennis.

4,650live here, work elsewhere

907live and work here

3,291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dennis goes to work

Dennis (in town)right here

16%907

Barnstable Town10.4 mi away

15%812

Yarmouth3.8 mi away

9%513

Boston61.4 mi away

7%382

Harwich4.9 mi away

6%326

Chatham11.7 mi away

5%255

Brewster5.9 mi away

4%197

Orleans11.1 mi away

3%161

Plymouth26.4 mi away

2%98

Falmouth23.7 mi away

2%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,814

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

How far

How far Dennis commutes

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

51%

12%

28%

51%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dennis is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dennis are

4,198 jobs are based in Dennis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dennis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dennis

4,198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Dennis residents hold

5,557 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+8%

Jobs based in Dennis, 2013 → 2023: 3,893 → 4,198. 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.