Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, MA

Most working residents leave Kingston for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (13%), Plymouth (10%) and Quincy (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

721 of 6,575 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 5,854 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 721 work right here, and 4,339 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

5,854live here, work elsewhere

721live and work here

4,339work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Boston27.6 mi away

13%833

Kingston (in town)right here

11%721

Plymouth9.5 mi away

10%651

Quincy23.3 mi away

3%206

Norwell12.9 mi away

3%178

Pembroke6.5 mi away

3%176

Weymouth Town18.4 mi away

3%166

Duxbury4.4 mi away

2%161

Brockton16 mi away

2%147

Marshfield9 mi away

2%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,200

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

How far

How far Kingston commutes

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

30%

34%

30%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

5,060 jobs are based in Kingston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingston

5,060 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

6,575 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+13%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 4,463 → 5,060. 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.