Work & commute · Dunstable

Work & commute in Dunstable, MA

Most working residents leave Dunstable for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (9%), Lowell (7%) and Nashua (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 1,802 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,709 Dunstable residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunstable.

1,709live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunstable goes to work

Boston34.3 mi away

9%171

Lowell9.4 mi away

7%131

Dunstable (in town)right here

5%93

Nashua, NH5.1 mi away

5%90

Chelmsford8.6 mi away

4%73

Billerica14.6 mi away

4%69

Burlington19.3 mi away

3%63

Groton5.5 mi away

3%54

Tyngsborough3.7 mi away

3%53

Cambridge28.4 mi away

3%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%956

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

How far

How far Dunstable commutes

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

31%

36%

29%

31%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunstable is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunstable are

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

Jobs based in Dunstable

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Dunstable residents hold

1,802 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+20%

Jobs based in Dunstable, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 260. 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.