Work & commute · Marlborough

Work & commute in Marlborough, MA

Most working residents leave Marlborough for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (8%), Framingham (6%) and Worcester (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

3,065 of 18,262 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 15,197 Marlborough residents head out of town to work, 3,065 work right here, and 31,095 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlborough.

15,197live here, work elsewhere

3,065live and work here

31,095work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlborough goes to work

Marlborough (in town)right here

17%3,065

Boston27.3 mi away

8%1,531

Framingham6.4 mi away

6%1,122

Worcester14.4 mi away

5%855

Waltham15.8 mi away

4%740

Hudson2.7 mi away

3%564

Cambridge22 mi away

3%550

Westborough6.5 mi away

3%518

Sudbury6.8 mi away

2%390

Natick11.1 mi away

2%357

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%8,570

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

How far

How far Marlborough commutes

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

38%

43%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlborough is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlborough are

34,160 jobs are based in Marlborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marlborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marlborough

34,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Marlborough residents hold

18,262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+37%

Jobs based in Marlborough, 2013 → 2023: 24,852 → 34,160. 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.