Work & commute · Duxbury

Work & commute in Duxbury, MA

Most working residents leave Duxbury for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (15%), Plymouth (6%) and Quincy (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

694 of 6,174 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,480 Duxbury residents head out of town to work, 694 work right here, and 2,287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duxbury.

5,480live here, work elsewhere

694live and work here

2,287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duxbury goes to work

Boston25.4 mi away

15%935

Duxbury (in town)right here

11%694

Plymouth11.9 mi away

6%375

Quincy21.6 mi away

3%206

Hingham15.3 mi away

3%190

Kingston4.4 mi away

3%188

Marshfield4.9 mi away

3%159

Norwell10.1 mi away

2%139

Rockland11.9 mi away

2%137

Weymouth Town16.6 mi away

2%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,018

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

How far

How far Duxbury commutes

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

27%

28%

39%

27%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duxbury is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duxbury are

2,981 jobs are based in Duxbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duxbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Duxbury

2,981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Duxbury residents hold

6,174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+62%

Jobs based in Duxbury, 2013 → 2023: 1,835 → 2,981. 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.