Work & commute · Easton

Work & commute in Easton, MA

Most working residents leave Easton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (14%), Brockton (8%) and Canton (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,237 of 11,192 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,955 Easton residents head out of town to work, 1,237 work right here, and 8,415 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Easton.

9,955live here, work elsewhere

1,237live and work here

8,415work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Easton goes to work

Boston20.9 mi away

14%1,554

Easton (in town)right here

11%1,237

Brockton5.2 mi away

8%951

Canton9.5 mi away

4%395

Stoughton5.5 mi away

3%336

Quincy16.2 mi away

3%327

Braintree Town12.8 mi away

2%225

Taunton9.4 mi away

2%224

Mansfield5.7 mi away

2%215

Cambridge23.3 mi away

2%206

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%5,522

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

How far

How far Easton commutes

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

39%

43%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Easton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Easton are

9,652 jobs are based in Easton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Easton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Easton

9,652 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Easton residents hold

11,192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+5%

Jobs based in Easton, 2013 → 2023: 9,156 → 9,652. 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.