Work & commute · Everett

Work & commute in Everett, MA

Most working residents leave Everett for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (32%), Cambridge (8%) and Somerville (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,349 of 18,833 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,484 Everett residents head out of town to work, 1,349 work right here, and 11,319 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Everett.

17,484live here, work elsewhere

1,349live and work here

11,319work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Everett goes to work

Boston5.5 mi away

32%5,952

Cambridge3.9 mi away

8%1,434

Everett (in town)right here

7%1,349

Somerville2.6 mi away

3%651

Malden1.6 mi away

3%563

Chelsea1.3 mi away

3%511

Medford3.1 mi away

2%462

Woburn7.7 mi away

2%432

Waltham9.6 mi away

2%398

Newton9.4 mi away

2%316

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%6,765

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

How far

How far Everett commutes

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

74%

17%

74%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Everett is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Everett are

12,668 jobs are based in Everett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Everett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Everett

12,668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Everett residents hold

18,833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+2%

Jobs based in Everett, 2013 → 2023: 12,451 → 12,668. 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.