Work & commute · Hopedale

Work & commute in Hopedale, MA

Most working residents leave Hopedale for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Milford (9%) and Framingham (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

220 of 3,126 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,906 Hopedale residents head out of town to work, 220 work right here, and 2,129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hopedale.

2,906live here, work elsewhere

220live and work here

2,129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hopedale goes to work

Boston30.2 mi away

12%367

Milford2.5 mi away

9%290

Hopedale (in town)right here

7%220

Framingham13.7 mi away

4%123

Marlborough15.7 mi away

3%103

Hopkinton7 mi away

3%102

Franklin Town6.7 mi away

3%94

Westborough10.9 mi away

3%79

Cambridge27.4 mi away

2%63

Medway5.7 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,629

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

How far

How far Hopedale commutes

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

34%

35%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hopedale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hopedale are

2,349 jobs are based in Hopedale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hopedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hopedale

2,349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Hopedale residents hold

3,126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+36%

Jobs based in Hopedale, 2013 → 2023: 1,721 → 2,349. 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.