Work & commute · Harwich

Work & commute in Harwich, MA

Most working residents leave Harwich for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Barnstable Town (13%), Chatham (11%) and Dennis (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

949 of 5,612 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,663 Harwich residents head out of town to work, 949 work right here, and 2,755 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harwich.

4,663live here, work elsewhere

949live and work here

2,755work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harwich goes to work

Harwich (in town)right here

17%949

Barnstable Town15 mi away

13%710

Chatham7.9 mi away

11%645

Dennis4.9 mi away

6%331

Boston65.4 mi away

6%320

Yarmouth8.2 mi away

5%289

Orleans7.2 mi away

5%284

Brewster3.3 mi away

4%231

Plymouth31 mi away

2%87

Falmouth28.2 mi away

1%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,683

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

How far

How far Harwich commutes

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

50%

16%

27%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harwich is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harwich are

3,704 jobs are based in Harwich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harwich

3,704 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Harwich residents hold

5,612 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+11%

Jobs based in Harwich, 2013 → 2023: 3,335 → 3,704. 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.