Work & commute · Middleborough

Work & commute in Middleborough, MA

Most working residents leave Middleborough for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Plymouth (6%) and Brockton (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,541 of 12,172 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,631 Middleborough residents head out of town to work, 1,541 work right here, and 6,729 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middleborough.

10,631live here, work elsewhere

1,541live and work here

6,729work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middleborough goes to work

Middleborough (in town)right here

13%1,541

Boston32.3 mi away

12%1,420

Plymouth13 mi away

6%687

Brockton16.3 mi away

4%519

Taunton11.7 mi away

4%450

Raynham9.8 mi away

2%266

Bridgewater Town8.6 mi away

2%263

Quincy27.4 mi away

2%230

Lakeville5.4 mi away

2%222

Cambridge36.7 mi away

2%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%6,379

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

How far

How far Middleborough commutes

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

24%

41%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middleborough is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middleborough are

8,270 jobs are based in Middleborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middleborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middleborough

8,270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Middleborough residents hold

12,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+15%

Jobs based in Middleborough, 2013 → 2023: 7,217 → 8,270. 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.