Work & commute · Hardwick

Work & commute in Hardwick, MA

Most working residents leave Hardwick for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (10%), Ware (5%) and Barre (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

96 of 1,158 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,062 Hardwick residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardwick.

1,062live here, work elsewhere

96live and work here

392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardwick goes to work

Worcester21.7 mi away

10%115

Hardwick (in town)right here

8%96

Ware6.3 mi away

5%62

Barre7 mi away

5%58

Springfield23.3 mi away

3%38

New Braintree4.7 mi away

3%35

Boston61.5 mi away

3%29

Palmer Town12.2 mi away

2%28

Amherst Town14.8 mi away

2%21

West Brookfield7.6 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%657

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

How far

How far Hardwick commutes

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

25%

40%

18%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardwick is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardwick are

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

Jobs based in Hardwick

488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Hardwick residents hold

1,158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+28%

Jobs based in Hardwick, 2013 → 2023: 381 → 488. 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.