Work & commute · Freetown

Work & commute in Freetown, MA

Most working residents leave Freetown for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New Bedford (11%), Fall River (10%) and Taunton (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

440 of 4,119 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,679 Freetown residents head out of town to work, 440 work right here, and 3,528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freetown.

3,679live here, work elsewhere

440live and work here

3,528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freetown goes to work

New Bedford9.2 mi away

11%456

Freetown (in town)right here

11%440

Fall River5.7 mi away

10%418

Taunton9.4 mi away

6%247

Boston38.2 mi away

5%226

Lakeville5 mi away

5%194

Dartmouth15 mi away

5%191

Middleborough10.3 mi away

2%97

Fairhaven12.6 mi away

2%83

Raynham10.5 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,687

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

How far

How far Freetown commutes

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

44%

30%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freetown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Freetown are

3,968 jobs are based in Freetown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Freetown

3,968 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Freetown residents hold

4,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+15%

Jobs based in Freetown, 2013 → 2023: 3,442 → 3,968. 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.