Work & commute · Hubbardston

Work & commute in Hubbardston, MA

Most working residents leave Hubbardston for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (13%), Gardner (8%) and Leominster (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

95 of 2,039 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,944 Hubbardston residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hubbardston.

1,944live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hubbardston goes to work

Worcester18.5 mi away

13%271

Gardner6.2 mi away

8%167

Leominster11.9 mi away

5%100

Hubbardston (in town)right here

5%95

Fitchburg12 mi away

5%93

Boston51.7 mi away

3%60

Westminster6.4 mi away

3%55

Barre7.7 mi away

2%50

Princeton7 mi away

2%40

Holden12 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,069

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

How far

How far Hubbardston commutes

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

24%

45%

21%

11%

24%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hubbardston is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hubbardston are

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

Jobs based in Hubbardston

404 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hubbardston residents hold

2,039 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+6%

Jobs based in Hubbardston, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 404. 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.