Work & commute · Foxborough

Work & commute in Foxborough, MA

Most working residents leave Foxborough for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (14%), Norwood (3%) and Canton (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

879 of 8,688 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,809 Foxborough residents head out of town to work, 879 work right here, and 10,202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foxborough.

7,809live here, work elsewhere

879live and work here

10,202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Foxborough goes to work

Boston22.2 mi away

14%1,215

Foxborough (in town)right here

10%879

Norwood9.1 mi away

3%282

Canton10 mi away

3%269

Mansfield3.4 mi away

3%257

Walpole5.9 mi away

3%231

Cambridge22.7 mi away

2%188

Waltham22.6 mi away

2%171

North Attleborough Town7.8 mi away

2%167

Sharon4.5 mi away

2%157

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%4,872

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

How far

How far Foxborough commutes

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

33%

48%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Foxborough is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Foxborough are

11,081 jobs are based in Foxborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Foxborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Foxborough

11,081 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Foxborough residents hold

8,688 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+3%

Jobs based in Foxborough, 2013 → 2023: 10,708 → 11,081. 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.