Work & commute · Mansfield

Work & commute in Mansfield, MA

Most working residents leave Mansfield for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Foxborough (3%) and Brockton (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,117 of 10,956 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

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,839 Mansfield residents head out of town to work, 1,117 work right here, and 11,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mansfield.

9,839live here, work elsewhere

1,117live and work here

11,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mansfield goes to work

Boston24.1 mi away

12%1,331

Mansfield (in town)right here

10%1,117

Foxborough3.4 mi away

3%380

Brockton10.8 mi away

3%309

Norwood11.8 mi away

3%306

Canton11.9 mi away

3%296

Providence, RI17 mi away

2%266

Easton5.7 mi away

2%243

North Attleborough Town6.9 mi away

2%222

Stoughton9.1 mi away

2%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%6,272

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

How far

How far Mansfield commutes

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

32%

46%

19%

32%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mansfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mansfield are

12,261 jobs are based in Mansfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mansfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mansfield

12,261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Mansfield residents hold

10,956 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+7%

Jobs based in Mansfield, 2013 → 2023: 11,463 → 12,261. 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.