Work & commute · Framingham

Work & commute in Framingham, MA

Most working residents leave Framingham for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (17%), Natick (6%) and Waltham (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

4,796 of 30,899 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 26,103 Framingham residents head out of town to work, 4,796 work right here, and 35,519 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Framingham.

26,103live here, work elsewhere

4,796live and work here

35,519work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Framingham goes to work

Boston21.7 mi away

17%5,203

Framingham (in town)right here

16%4,796

Natick4.7 mi away

6%1,803

Waltham11.4 mi away

4%1,273

Cambridge16.9 mi away

4%1,222

Newton11.8 mi away

4%1,156

Marlborough6.4 mi away

3%953

Wellesley7.8 mi away

2%577

Worcester19.2 mi away

2%524

Westborough9.5 mi away

2%488

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%12,904

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

How far

How far Framingham commutes

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

38%

51%

38%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Framingham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Framingham are

40,315 jobs are based in Framingham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Framingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Framingham

40,315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Framingham residents hold

30,899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−8%

Jobs based in Framingham, 2013 → 2023: 43,693 → 40,315. 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.