Work & commute · Marshfield

Work & commute in Marshfield, MA

Most working residents leave Marshfield for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (13%), Quincy (4%) and Plymouth (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,805 of 11,940 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,135 Marshfield residents head out of town to work, 1,805 work right here, and 4,192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marshfield.

10,135live here, work elsewhere

1,805live and work here

4,192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marshfield goes to work

Marshfield (in town)right here

15%1,805

Boston21.6 mi away

13%1,579

Quincy18.3 mi away

4%531

Plymouth16.5 mi away

4%487

Hingham11.5 mi away

3%392

Weymouth Town13.6 mi away

3%362

Norwell6.5 mi away

3%337

Pembroke5.9 mi away

3%328

Braintree Town16.2 mi away

3%302

Scituate6.4 mi away

2%276

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%5,541

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

How far

How far Marshfield commutes

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

29%

36%

29%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marshfield is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marshfield are

5,997 jobs are based in Marshfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marshfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marshfield

5,997 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Marshfield residents hold

11,940 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+7%

Jobs based in Marshfield, 2013 → 2023: 5,627 → 5,997. 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.