Work & commute · Holbrook

Work & commute in Holbrook, MA

Most working residents leave Holbrook for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (26%), Braintree Town (6%) and Quincy (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

299 of 6,084 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,785 Holbrook residents head out of town to work, 299 work right here, and 2,313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holbrook.

5,785live here, work elsewhere

299live and work here

2,313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holbrook goes to work

Boston13.3 mi away

26%1,569

Braintree Town4.6 mi away

6%341

Quincy8.4 mi away

5%322

Holbrook (in town)right here

5%299

Brockton4.2 mi away

4%256

Weymouth Town5.3 mi away

4%219

Cambridge17.4 mi away

3%166

Canton7 mi away

3%154

Stoughton5.6 mi away

2%140

Randolph Town3.9 mi away

2%120

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,498

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

How far

How far Holbrook commutes

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

42%

47%

42%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holbrook is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holbrook are

2,612 jobs are based in Holbrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Holbrook

2,612 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Holbrook residents hold

6,084 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+10%

Jobs based in Holbrook, 2013 → 2023: 2,365 → 2,612. 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.