Work & commute · Medway

Work & commute in Medway, MA

Most working residents leave Medway for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (13%), Framingham (5%) and Natick (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

612 of 6,452 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 5,840 Medway residents head out of town to work, 612 work right here, and 3,550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medway.

5,840live here, work elsewhere

612live and work here

3,550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medway goes to work

Boston24.6 mi away

13%822

Medway (in town)right here

9%612

Framingham10.5 mi away

5%316

Natick9.8 mi away

3%219

Franklin Town5.1 mi away

3%216

Milford4.7 mi away

3%212

Cambridge22 mi away

3%201

Waltham18.7 mi away

3%198

Holliston3 mi away

3%162

Newton16.6 mi away

2%147

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,347

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

How far

How far Medway commutes

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

32%

53%

11%

32%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medway is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Medway are

4,162 jobs are based in Medway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medway’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Medway

4,162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Medway residents hold

6,452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+26%

Jobs based in Medway, 2013 → 2023: 3,312 → 4,162. 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.