Work & commute · New Braintree

Work & commute in New Braintree, MA

Most working residents leave New Braintree for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (10%), Hardwick (6%) and Ware (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 439 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 427 New Braintree residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Braintree.

427live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Braintree goes to work

Worcester17.1 mi away

10%46

Hardwick4.7 mi away

6%27

Ware8.3 mi away

4%17

Palmer Town13 mi away

3%15

Boston57.2 mi away

3%14

Spencer9.1 mi away

3%14

Springfield25.4 mi away

3%13

West Brookfield5.5 mi away

3%13

New Braintree (in town)right here

3%12

Barre6.5 mi away

3%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%257

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

How far

How far New Braintree commutes

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

23%

40%

22%

15%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Braintree is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Braintree are

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

Jobs based in New Braintree

405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs New Braintree residents hold

439 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−5%

Jobs based in New Braintree, 2013 → 2023: 426 → 405. 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.