Work & commute · Mattapoisett

Work & commute in Mattapoisett, MA

Most working residents leave Mattapoisett for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are New Bedford (11%), Fairhaven (6%) and Boston (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

425 of 2,734 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,309 Mattapoisett residents head out of town to work, 425 work right here, and 1,468 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mattapoisett.

2,309live here, work elsewhere

425live and work here

1,468work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mattapoisett goes to work

Mattapoisett (in town)right here

16%425

New Bedford6.5 mi away

11%309

Fairhaven3.6 mi away

6%161

Boston47.5 mi away

6%156

Dartmouth10 mi away

5%144

Fall River15 mi away

4%121

Marion4.4 mi away

4%103

Wareham8.8 mi away

4%97

Falmouth11.9 mi away

2%51

Taunton22.2 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,117

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

How far

How far Mattapoisett commutes

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

45%

22%

19%

14%

45%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mattapoisett is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mattapoisett are

1,893 jobs are based in Mattapoisett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mattapoisett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mattapoisett

1,893 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Mattapoisett residents hold

2,734 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+22%

Jobs based in Mattapoisett, 2013 → 2023: 1,555 → 1,893. 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.