Work & commute · Ipswich

Work & commute in Ipswich, MA

Most working residents leave Ipswich for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (10%), Beverly (7%) and Danvers (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

1,113 of 6,306 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,193 Ipswich residents head out of town to work, 1,113 work right here, and 4,369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ipswich.

5,193live here, work elsewhere

1,113live and work here

4,369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ipswich goes to work

Ipswich (in town)right here

18%1,113

Boston26.7 mi away

10%648

Beverly9.6 mi away

7%420

Danvers10.2 mi away

4%269

Gloucester9 mi away

3%218

Newburyport8.4 mi away

3%168

Salem14 mi away

2%145

Cambridge26.4 mi away

2%139

Rowley3.1 mi away

2%136

Peabody13.1 mi away

2%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,917

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

How far

How far Ipswich commutes

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

41%

35%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ipswich is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ipswich are

5,482 jobs are based in Ipswich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ipswich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ipswich

5,482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Ipswich residents hold

6,306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+3%

Jobs based in Ipswich, 2013 → 2023: 5,344 → 5,482. 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.