Work & commute · Merrimac

Work & commute in Merrimac, MA

Most working residents leave Merrimac for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (9%), Newburyport (7%) and Haverhill (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

215 of 3,403 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,188 Merrimac residents head out of town to work, 215 work right here, and 630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merrimac.

3,188live here, work elsewhere

215live and work here

630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merrimac goes to work

Boston35 mi away

9%316

Newburyport6.6 mi away

7%222

Merrimac (in town)right here

6%215

Haverhill5.4 mi away

6%188

Amesbury3 mi away

5%169

Andover15.2 mi away

4%134

Danvers18.5 mi away

3%91

Lawrence12.2 mi away

3%87

North Andover12.1 mi away

2%66

Salisbury8.6 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,851

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

How far

How far Merrimac commutes

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

34%

35%

26%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merrimac is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merrimac are

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

Jobs based in Merrimac

845 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Merrimac residents hold

3,403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+26%

Jobs based in Merrimac, 2013 → 2023: 668 → 845. 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.