Work & commute · Hull

Work & commute in Hull, MA

Most working residents leave Hull for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (26%), Hingham (6%) and Quincy (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

469 of 4,821 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,352 Hull residents head out of town to work, 469 work right here, and 668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hull.

4,352live here, work elsewhere

469live and work here

668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hull goes to work

Boston7 mi away

26%1,250

Hull (in town)right here

10%469

Hingham8.1 mi away

6%304

Quincy8.8 mi away

5%226

Weymouth Town10 mi away

4%203

Cambridge12.5 mi away

3%150

Cohasset6.8 mi away

3%131

Braintree Town11.4 mi away

2%117

Norwell12.6 mi away

2%101

Brockton19.4 mi away

1%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,799

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

How far

How far Hull commutes

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

42%

45%

42%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hull is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hull are

1,137 jobs are based in Hull. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hull’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hull

1,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Hull residents hold

4,821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+14%

Jobs based in Hull, 2013 → 2023: 997 → 1,137. 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.