Work & commute · Hanson

Work & commute in Hanson, MA

Most working residents leave Hanson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (11%), Brockton (4%) and Weymouth Town (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

273 of 5,655 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 5,382 Hanson residents head out of town to work, 273 work right here, and 1,291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanson.

5,382live here, work elsewhere

273live and work here

1,291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanson goes to work

Boston20.9 mi away

11%634

Hanson (in town)right here

5%273

Brockton8.4 mi away

4%243

Weymouth Town11.5 mi away

4%242

Whitman4.2 mi away

4%223

Hanover5.1 mi away

4%213

Plymouth17.2 mi away

4%203

Quincy16.3 mi away

4%200

Hingham12.1 mi away

3%177

Pembroke3.4 mi away

3%171

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,076

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

How far

How far Hanson commutes

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

37%

42%

17%

37%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanson is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanson are

1,564 jobs are based in Hanson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanson

1,564 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hanson residents hold

5,655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+19%

Jobs based in Hanson, 2013 → 2023: 1,312 → 1,564. 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.