Work & commute · Holliston

Work & commute in Holliston, MA

Most working residents leave Holliston for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (14%), Framingham (7%) and Natick (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

638 of 6,970 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,332 Holliston residents head out of town to work, 638 work right here, and 5,143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holliston.

6,332live here, work elsewhere

638live and work here

5,143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holliston goes to work

Boston24.4 mi away

14%947

Holliston (in town)right here

9%638

Framingham7.8 mi away

7%493

Natick8.1 mi away

4%310

Waltham17.2 mi away

3%233

Cambridge21.2 mi away

3%229

Milford4.3 mi away

3%192

Wellesley11.6 mi away

3%190

Worcester18.8 mi away

3%182

Newton15.7 mi away

3%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%3,379

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

How far

How far Holliston commutes

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

36%

51%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holliston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Holliston are

5,781 jobs are based in Holliston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holliston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Holliston

5,781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Holliston residents hold

6,970 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−4%

Jobs based in Holliston, 2013 → 2023: 6,029 → 5,781. 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.