99% of East Pepperell’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave East Pepperell for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (8%), Pepperell (7%) and Lowell (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.
The short version on getting to work from East Pepperell
East Pepperell is a place people come home to
There are 154 jobs based in East Pepperell, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday East Pepperell has about 940 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
East Pepperell’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside East Pepperell is Boston, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (92) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
East Pepperell quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,149 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in East Pepperell on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of East Pepperell commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
8% of working residents work in Boston
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where East Pepperell clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 154 jobs in East Pepperell are
154 jobs are based in East Pepperell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Pepperell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Pepperell, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 154. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Pepperell workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of East Pepperell
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Pepperell, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.