Work & commute · Falmouth

Work & commute in Falmouth, MA

About one in 3 of Falmouth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Barnstable Town (8%), Boston (5%) and Mashpee (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

5,056 of 13,055 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,999 Falmouth residents head out of town to work, 5,056 work right here, and 7,315 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falmouth.

7,999live here, work elsewhere

5,056live and work here

7,315work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falmouth goes to work

Falmouth (in town)right here

39%5,056

Barnstable Town13.3 mi away

8%1,014

Boston55.2 mi away

5%683

Mashpee5.7 mi away

5%665

Bourne8.5 mi away

4%541

Sandwich10.1 mi away

2%256

Plymouth20.2 mi away

2%254

New Bedford18.1 mi away

1%175

Yarmouth20.1 mi away

1%170

Wareham12.8 mi away

1%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%4,105

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

How far

How far Falmouth commutes

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

49%

18%

14%

20%

49%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falmouth is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Falmouth are

12,371 jobs are based in Falmouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Falmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Falmouth

12,371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Falmouth residents hold

13,055 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+2%

Jobs based in Falmouth, 2013 → 2023: 12,126 → 12,371. 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.