Work & commute · Nahant

Work & commute in Nahant, MA

Most working residents leave Nahant for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (26%), Lynn (10%) and Cambridge (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 1,623 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,510 Nahant residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 257 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nahant.

1,510live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

257work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nahant goes to work

Boston7.9 mi away

26%414

Lynn4.7 mi away

10%159

Nahant (in town)right here

7%113

Cambridge11.1 mi away

5%83

Salem5.7 mi away

4%65

Beverly10.2 mi away

3%52

Swampscott3.6 mi away

2%35

Marblehead5.6 mi away

2%32

Waltham17.1 mi away

2%31

Danvers11.1 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%611

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

How far

How far Nahant commutes

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

63%

27%

63%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nahant is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nahant are

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

Jobs based in Nahant

370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Nahant residents hold

1,623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+7%

Jobs based in Nahant, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 370. 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.