Work & commute · Maynard

Work & commute in Maynard, MA

Most working residents leave Maynard for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (13%), Cambridge (6%) and Concord (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

388 of 5,597 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,209 Maynard residents head out of town to work, 388 work right here, and 3,194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maynard.

5,209live here, work elsewhere

388live and work here

3,194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maynard goes to work

Boston23.5 mi away

13%701

Maynard (in town)right here

7%388

Cambridge17.6 mi away

6%335

Concord5.3 mi away

6%327

Waltham11.2 mi away

6%309

Acton4.1 mi away

4%223

Framingham8.2 mi away

3%162

Marlborough7 mi away

3%162

Lexington11.6 mi away

3%148

Newton14.2 mi away

2%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,711

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

How far

How far Maynard commutes

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

33%

58%

33%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maynard is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maynard are

3,582 jobs are based in Maynard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maynard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maynard

3,582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Maynard residents hold

5,597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+3%

Jobs based in Maynard, 2013 → 2023: 3,466 → 3,582. 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.