Work & commute · Leominster

Work & commute in Leominster, MA

About one in 5 of Leominster’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fitchburg (7%), Worcester (5%) and Boston (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

3,955 of 18,896 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,941 Leominster residents head out of town to work, 3,955 work right here, and 13,865 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leominster.

14,941live here, work elsewhere

3,955live and work here

13,865work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leominster goes to work

Leominster (in town)right here

21%3,955

Fitchburg6.1 mi away

7%1,328

Worcester17.5 mi away

5%1,024

Boston40.7 mi away

5%958

Marlborough16.4 mi away

3%596

Ayer10.4 mi away

2%454

Harvard9.3 mi away

2%365

Gardner11.9 mi away

2%361

Westborough19.2 mi away

2%299

Lunenburg5 mi away

1%273

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%9,283

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

How far

How far Leominster commutes

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

39%

31%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leominster is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leominster are

17,820 jobs are based in Leominster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leominster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leominster

17,820 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Leominster residents hold

18,896 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+10%

Jobs based in Leominster, 2013 → 2023: 16,143 → 17,820. 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.