Work & commute · Hingham

Work & commute in Hingham, MA

Most working residents leave Hingham for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (34%), Cambridge (4%) and Quincy (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,376 of 10,418 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,042 Hingham residents head out of town to work, 1,376 work right here, and 13,806 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hingham.

9,042live here, work elsewhere

1,376live and work here

13,806work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hingham goes to work

Boston10.1 mi away

34%3,551

Hingham (in town)right here

13%1,376

Cambridge16.1 mi away

4%438

Quincy7 mi away

4%420

Weymouth Town3.6 mi away

3%320

Braintree Town6.3 mi away

2%251

Norwell5.2 mi away

2%226

Cohasset4.9 mi away

1%128

Newton18.3 mi away

1%123

Brockton12.3 mi away

1%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%3,471

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

How far

How far Hingham commutes

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

32%

55%

32%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hingham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hingham are

15,182 jobs are based in Hingham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hingham

15,182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Hingham residents hold

10,418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+37%

Jobs based in Hingham, 2013 → 2023: 11,088 → 15,182. 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.