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Work & commute in Green Harbor · A commuter town

100% of Green Harbor’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Green Harbor for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (13%), Marshfield (9%) and Duxbury (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 155 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
5%
Less than MA (19%)
Jobs based here
32
A commuter town
★ What stands out · The commute map

13% of working residents work in Boston

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Cambridge: 4 residents work here (3%)Randolph TownBraintree Town: 6 residents work here (4%)Weymouth Town: 6 residents work here (4%)Quincy: 4 residents work here (3%)Bridgewater TownBoston: 20 residents work here (13%)ScituatePlymouth: 7 residents work here (5%)MiddleboroughDuxbury: 12 residents work here (8%)Hanover: 5 residents work here (3%)Marshfield: 14 residents work here (9%)Hingham: 8 residents work here (5%)Green HarborCedar CrestOcean Bluff-Brant RockBostonMarshfieldDuxburyHinghamPlymouthBraintree TownGreen Harbor
1
Boston26.2 mi away
13%20
2
Marshfield4.6 mi away
9%14
3
Duxbury3.3 mi away
8%12
4
Hingham16.2 mi away
5%8
5
Plymouth12.5 mi away
5%7
6
Braintree Town20.5 mi away
4%6
7
Weymouth Town18.1 mi away
4%6
8
Hanover11.3 mi away
3%5
9
Cambridge32.2 mi away
3%4
10
Quincy22.8 mi away
3%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%69
The top trips

Where Green Harbor clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 155 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.

155live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
32work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,300
Workday1,200
1,300live here− 160head out to work+ 32come in to work= 1,200on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.21jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Green Harbor commutes less than 21 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi40 miBoston: 13% · 26.2 miMarshfield: 9% · 4.6 miDuxbury: 8% · 3.3 miHingham: 5% · 16.2 miPlymouth: 5% · 12.5 miBraintree Town: 4% · 20.5 miWeymouth Town: 4% · 18.1 miHanover: 3% · 11.3 miCambridge: 3% · 32.2 miQuincy: 3% · 22.8 miBoston 13%Marshfield 9%Duxbury 8%Hingham 5%Plymouth 5%Green Harbor
Green HarborTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi40 residents
32%10–24 mi50 residents
35%25–50 mi54 residents
7%Over 50 mi11 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

32 jobs are based in Green Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green HarborJobs Green Harbor residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%9%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%12%
Over $3,333 a month50%70%

Who does it

29 or younger13%23%
30 to 5453%52%
55 and older34%25%
+220%

Jobs based in Green Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 32. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Green Harbor

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
5%

of Green Harbor workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Next door

Green Harbor and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Marshfield (9%). Darker towns draw more of Green Harbor’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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