Work & commute · Dighton

Work & commute in Dighton, MA

Most working residents leave Dighton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (10%), Taunton (10%) and Fall River (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

234 of 4,078 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,844 Dighton residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 1,367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dighton.

3,844live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

1,367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dighton goes to work

Boston35.5 mi away

10%420

Taunton5.9 mi away

10%408

Dighton (in town)right here

6%234

Fall River8.2 mi away

5%216

Providence, RI13.7 mi away

4%149

Somerset6.3 mi away

3%122

Brockton18.7 mi away

3%106

Raynham8.9 mi away

2%99

Swansea5.9 mi away

2%94

Attleboro10.2 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,147

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

How far

How far Dighton commutes

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

32%

33%

30%

32%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dighton is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dighton are

1,601 jobs are based in Dighton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dighton

1,601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Dighton residents hold

4,078 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−2%

Jobs based in Dighton, 2013 → 2023: 1,640 → 1,601. 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.