Work & commute · Lynnfield

Work & commute in Lynnfield, MA

Most working residents leave Lynnfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (23%), Woburn (4%) and Peabody (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

418 of 5,812 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,394 Lynnfield residents head out of town to work, 418 work right here, and 5,363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynnfield.

5,394live here, work elsewhere

418live and work here

5,363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynnfield goes to work

Boston14 mi away

23%1,325

Lynnfield (in town)right here

7%418

Woburn6.7 mi away

4%214

Peabody3.5 mi away

3%202

Lynn5.8 mi away

3%186

Beverly10 mi away

3%182

Burlington8.6 mi away

3%159

Cambridge11.7 mi away

3%158

Danvers5.3 mi away

3%155

Wakefield2.5 mi away

3%148

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,665

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

How far

How far Lynnfield commutes

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

45%

45%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynnfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynnfield are

5,781 jobs are based in Lynnfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynnfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lynnfield

5,781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lynnfield residents hold

5,812 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+27%

Jobs based in Lynnfield, 2013 → 2023: 4,536 → 5,781. 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.