Work & commute · Douglas

Work & commute in Douglas, MA

Most working residents leave Douglas for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (13%), Northbridge (5%) and Boston (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

288 of 4,585 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,297 Douglas residents head out of town to work, 288 work right here, and 715 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Douglas.

4,297live here, work elsewhere

288live and work here

715work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Douglas goes to work

Worcester15.2 mi away

13%595

Douglas (in town)right here

6%288

Northbridge7.2 mi away

5%239

Boston42.5 mi away

5%227

Milford13.9 mi away

4%187

Uxbridge5.6 mi away

4%181

Sutton5.5 mi away

3%121

Marlborough23 mi away

2%110

Hopkinton16 mi away

2%102

Westborough16.5 mi away

2%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,437

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

How far

How far Douglas commutes

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

25%

47%

24%

25%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Douglas is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Douglas are

1,003 jobs are based in Douglas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Douglas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Douglas

1,003 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Douglas residents hold

4,585 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+4%

Jobs based in Douglas, 2013 → 2023: 960 → 1,003. 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.