Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, MA

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (23%), Quincy (5%) and Norwell (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

736 of 7,278 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 6,542 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 736 work right here, and 6,598 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

6,542live here, work elsewhere

736live and work here

6,598work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Boston16.6 mi away

23%1,692

Hanover (in town)right here

10%736

Quincy12.3 mi away

5%364

Norwell3.5 mi away

4%321

Weymouth Town7.4 mi away

4%310

Hingham7.1 mi away

4%295

Rockland2.7 mi away

3%212

Cambridge22 mi away

3%192

Braintree Town9.4 mi away

3%190

Pembroke4.6 mi away

2%150

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,816

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

How far

How far Hanover commutes

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

37%

48%

11%

37%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

7,334 jobs are based in Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanover

7,334 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

7,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+14%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 6,420 → 7,334. 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.