Work & commute · Lunenburg

Work & commute in Lunenburg, MA

Most working residents leave Lunenburg for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Leominster (8%), Fitchburg (7%) and Worcester (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

409 of 5,138 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,729 Lunenburg residents head out of town to work, 409 work right here, and 2,027 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lunenburg.

4,729live here, work elsewhere

409live and work here

2,027work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lunenburg goes to work

Leominster5 mi away

8%419

Lunenburg (in town)right here

8%409

Fitchburg5 mi away

7%367

Worcester22.1 mi away

5%280

Boston40 mi away

5%274

Ayer7.5 mi away

3%166

Acton15.9 mi away

3%158

Marlborough18.4 mi away

3%141

Harvard8.6 mi away

2%100

Shirley4.1 mi away

2%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,726

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

How far

How far Lunenburg commutes

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

36%

32%

25%

36%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lunenburg is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lunenburg are

2,436 jobs are based in Lunenburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lunenburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lunenburg

2,436 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lunenburg residents hold

5,138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+35%

Jobs based in Lunenburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,806 → 2,436. 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.