Work & commute · Millbury

Work & commute in Millbury, MA

Most working residents leave Millbury for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (21%), Boston (7%) and Marlborough (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

592 of 7,077 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,485 Millbury residents head out of town to work, 592 work right here, and 4,235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millbury.

6,485live here, work elsewhere

592live and work here

4,235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millbury goes to work

Worcester5.6 mi away

21%1,489

Millbury (in town)right here

8%592

Boston40.3 mi away

7%510

Marlborough16 mi away

4%254

Westborough9.9 mi away

3%220

Shrewsbury7.2 mi away

3%219

Framingham19.2 mi away

3%189

Auburn3.5 mi away

3%183

Grafton5.1 mi away

2%157

Northborough11.3 mi away

2%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%3,128

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

How far

How far Millbury commutes

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

45%

24%

27%

45%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millbury 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 Millbury are

4,827 jobs are based in Millbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Millbury

4,827 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Millbury residents hold

7,077 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−3%

Jobs based in Millbury, 2013 → 2023: 4,967 → 4,827. 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.