Work & commute · Natick

Work & commute in Natick, MA

Most working residents leave Natick for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (17%), Framingham (6%) and Newton (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

2,385 of 16,454 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,069 Natick residents head out of town to work, 2,385 work right here, and 18,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Natick.

14,069live here, work elsewhere

2,385live and work here

18,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Natick goes to work

Boston17.4 mi away

17%2,829

Natick (in town)right here

14%2,385

Framingham4.7 mi away

6%1,007

Newton7.9 mi away

5%866

Waltham9 mi away

5%761

Cambridge13.3 mi away

4%727

Wellesley3.7 mi away

4%649

Needham5.4 mi away

2%340

Marlborough11.1 mi away

2%307

Burlington16.9 mi away

2%281

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%6,302

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

How far

How far Natick commutes

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

42%

49%

42%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Natick is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Natick are

20,803 jobs are based in Natick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Natick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Natick

20,803 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Natick residents hold

16,454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+5%

Jobs based in Natick, 2013 → 2023: 19,845 → 20,803. 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.