Work & commute · Eastham

Work & commute in Eastham, MA

Most working residents leave Eastham for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Orleans (12%), Barnstable Town (7%) and Boston (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

315 of 1,933 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,618 Eastham residents head out of town to work, 315 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eastham.

1,618live here, work elsewhere

315live and work here

730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eastham goes to work

Eastham (in town)right here

16%315

Orleans5.3 mi away

12%227

Barnstable Town22.7 mi away

7%130

Boston62.5 mi away

6%113

Wellfleet5.5 mi away

5%96

Brewster7.8 mi away

4%83

Provincetown18 mi away

4%78

Harwich10.9 mi away

4%73

Chatham16.7 mi away

3%54

Dennis13.1 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%717

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

How far

How far Eastham commutes

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

39%

21%

31%

39%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eastham is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eastham are

1,045 jobs are based in Eastham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eastham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eastham

1,045 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Eastham residents hold

1,933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+10%

Jobs based in Eastham, 2013 → 2023: 948 → 1,045. 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.