Work & commute · Haverhill

Work & commute in Haverhill, MA

Most working residents leave Haverhill for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (9%), Lawrence (5%) and Andover (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

5,610 of 33,872 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,262 Haverhill residents head out of town to work, 5,610 work right here, and 13,132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Haverhill.

28,262live here, work elsewhere

5,610live and work here

13,132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Haverhill goes to work

Haverhill (in town)right here

17%5,610

Boston31.3 mi away

9%3,140

Lawrence6.8 mi away

5%1,618

Andover10.1 mi away

4%1,453

Methuen5.4 mi away

3%1,051

North Andover7.5 mi away

3%965

Newburyport10.4 mi away

3%876

Salem, NH6.8 mi away

2%740

Woburn20.6 mi away

2%689

Lowell15.5 mi away

2%688

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%17,042

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

How far

How far Haverhill commutes

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

38%

35%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Haverhill is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Haverhill are

18,742 jobs are based in Haverhill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Haverhill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Haverhill

18,742 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Haverhill residents hold

33,872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+1%

Jobs based in Haverhill, 2013 → 2023: 18,482 → 18,742. 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.