Work & commute · Halifax

Work & commute in Halifax, MA

Most working residents leave Halifax for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Plymouth (5%) and Brockton (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

131 of 4,066 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,935 Halifax residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 936 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halifax.

3,935live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

936work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halifax goes to work

Boston24.1 mi away

12%472

Plymouth15 mi away

5%197

Brockton10 mi away

4%172

Pembroke5.4 mi away

4%159

Kingston6.3 mi away

3%142

Weymouth Town14.7 mi away

3%133

Halifax (in town)right here

3%131

Hanover8.3 mi away

3%120

Hingham15.3 mi away

2%101

Canton18 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,356

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

How far

How far Halifax commutes

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

28%

41%

26%

28%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halifax is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Halifax are

1,067 jobs are based in Halifax. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Halifax’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Halifax

1,067 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Halifax residents hold

4,066 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+1%

Jobs based in Halifax, 2013 → 2023: 1,056 → 1,067. 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.