Work & commute · Medfield

Work & commute in Medfield, MA

Most working residents leave Medfield for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (27%), Newton (4%) and Needham (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

587 of 6,123 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,536 Medfield residents head out of town to work, 587 work right here, and 2,550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medfield.

5,536live here, work elsewhere

587live and work here

2,550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medfield goes to work

Boston18.1 mi away

27%1,643

Medfield (in town)right here

10%587

Newton11.3 mi away

4%271

Needham7.4 mi away

4%215

Cambridge16.3 mi away

3%200

Waltham14.5 mi away

3%159

Norwood5.6 mi away

2%151

Wellesley8.5 mi away

2%150

Walpole3.7 mi away

2%141

Framingham10.8 mi away

2%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,489

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

How far

How far Medfield commutes

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

32%

58%

32%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medfield is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Medfield are

3,137 jobs are based in Medfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Medfield

3,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Medfield residents hold

6,123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+17%

Jobs based in Medfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,682 → 3,137. 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.