Work & commute · Littleton

Work & commute in Littleton, MA

Most working residents leave Littleton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (14%), Cambridge (6%) and Acton (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

384 of 5,149 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,765 Littleton residents head out of town to work, 384 work right here, and 6,196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Littleton.

4,765live here, work elsewhere

384live and work here

6,196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Littleton goes to work

Boston28.1 mi away

14%707

Littleton (in town)right here

7%384

Cambridge21.9 mi away

6%334

Acton4.5 mi away

5%273

Westford4.3 mi away

4%217

Waltham16.2 mi away

4%200

Lowell11.2 mi away

3%175

Concord8.2 mi away

3%144

Burlington14.9 mi away

2%123

Chelmsford7.5 mi away

2%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,475

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

How far

How far Littleton commutes

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

29%

53%

14%

29%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Littleton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Littleton are

6,580 jobs are based in Littleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Littleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Littleton

6,580 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Littleton residents hold

5,149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

−14%

Jobs based in Littleton, 2013 → 2023: 7,642 → 6,580. 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.