Work & commute · Dover

Work & commute in Dover, MA

Most working residents leave Dover for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (33%), Cambridge (6%) and Waltham (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 2,619 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,508 Dover residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 777 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dover.

2,508live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

777work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dover goes to work

Boston15.7 mi away

33%867

Cambridge13.2 mi away

6%163

Waltham11 mi away

4%112

Dover (in town)right here

4%111

Needham4.1 mi away

4%97

Wellesley5 mi away

4%93

Natick4.6 mi away

3%78

Newton8 mi away

3%76

Framingham9 mi away

2%59

Norwood5.8 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%924

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

How far

How far Dover commutes

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

30%

61%

30%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dover is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dover are

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

Jobs based in Dover

888 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Dover residents hold

2,619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month81%

+20%

Jobs based in Dover, 2013 → 2023: 739 → 888. 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.