Work & commute · Dracut

Work & commute in Dracut, MA

Most working residents leave Dracut for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lowell (12%), Boston (9%) and Chelmsford (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,393 of 17,644 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 16,251 Dracut residents head out of town to work, 1,393 work right here, and 4,929 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dracut.

16,251live here, work elsewhere

1,393live and work here

4,929work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dracut goes to work

Lowell3 mi away

12%2,198

Boston28.1 mi away

9%1,625

Dracut (in town)right here

8%1,393

Chelmsford6.7 mi away

4%786

Andover7.4 mi away

4%713

Billerica8.5 mi away

3%594

Nashua, NH10.8 mi away

3%504

Cambridge22.9 mi away

3%490

Tewksbury6 mi away

3%465

Lawrence7.2 mi away

3%453

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%8,423

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

How far

How far Dracut commutes

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

45%

34%

18%

45%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dracut is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dracut are

6,322 jobs are based in Dracut. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dracut’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dracut

6,322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Dracut residents hold

17,644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+21%

Jobs based in Dracut, 2013 → 2023: 5,204 → 6,322. 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.