Work & commute · Gloucester

Work & commute in Gloucester, MA

About one in 3 of Gloucester’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boston (11%), Beverly (8%) and Danvers (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

4,151 of 13,581 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,430 Gloucester residents head out of town to work, 4,151 work right here, and 5,745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gloucester.

9,430live here, work elsewhere

4,151live and work here

5,745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gloucester goes to work

Gloucester (in town)right here

31%4,151

Boston26.4 mi away

11%1,478

Beverly9.5 mi away

8%1,067

Danvers14 mi away

3%457

Peabody15.8 mi away

2%315

Salem14 mi away

2%305

Cambridge28.1 mi away

2%264

Rockport4.5 mi away

2%241

Ipswich9 mi away

2%235

Essex4.5 mi away

2%208

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%4,860

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

How far

How far Gloucester commutes

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

39%

26%

28%

39%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gloucester is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gloucester are

9,896 jobs are based in Gloucester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gloucester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gloucester

9,896 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Gloucester residents hold

13,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+9%

Jobs based in Gloucester, 2013 → 2023: 9,060 → 9,896. 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.