Work & commute · Lakeville

Work & commute in Lakeville, MA

Most working residents leave Lakeville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Middleborough (6%) and Taunton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

463 of 5,849 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,386 Lakeville residents head out of town to work, 463 work right here, and 2,495 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeville.

5,386live here, work elsewhere

463live and work here

2,495work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeville goes to work

Boston34.6 mi away

12%721

Lakeville (in town)right here

8%463

Middleborough5.4 mi away

6%376

Taunton8.6 mi away

5%315

Brockton17.5 mi away

5%275

Plymouth17.9 mi away

3%194

New Bedford12 mi away

2%129

Raynham8.1 mi away

2%127

Bridgewater Town9.6 mi away

2%124

Quincy29.6 mi away

2%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,013

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

How far

How far Lakeville commutes

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

26%

36%

32%

26%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeville is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeville are

2,958 jobs are based in Lakeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lakeville

2,958 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Lakeville residents hold

5,849 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−2%

Jobs based in Lakeville, 2013 → 2023: 3,026 → 2,958. 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.