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Work & commute in New Seabury · A commuter town

95% of New Seabury’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave New Seabury for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mashpee (22%), Falmouth (17%) and Barnstable Town (11%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Work in town
5%
15 of 282 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
52 min
More than MA (29 min)
Work from home
33%
More than MA (19%)
Jobs based here
206
A commuter town

What kind of work town is New Seabury?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

22% of working residents work in Mashpee

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Randolph TownBrockton: 7 residents work here (2%)WorcesterBoston: 14 residents work here (5%)Barnstable Town: 31 residents work here (11%)PlymouthMashpee: 62 residents work here (22%)Sandwich: 5 residents work here (2%)Yarmouth: 8 residents work here (3%)Bourne: 5 residents work here (2%)Wareham: 5 residents work here (2%)Fairhaven: 4 residents work here (1%)Falmouth: 47 residents work here (17%)Popponesset IslandPopponessetNew SeaburyMashpeeFalmouthBarnstable TownBostonYarmouthBrocktonNew Seabury
1
Mashpee3 mi away
22%62
2
Falmouth6.4 mi away
17%47
3
Barnstable Town8.7 mi away
11%31
4
Boston59.1 mi away
5%14
5
Yarmouth14.8 mi away
3%8
6
Brockton45 mi away
2%7
7
Sandwich9.5 mi away
2%5
8
Bourne11.4 mi away
2%5
9
Wareham17.4 mi away
2%5
10
Fairhaven20.7 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%94
The top trips

Where New Seabury clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 52 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
396 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

New Seabury52 min
Massachusetts29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
33%

of New Seabury workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
Day and night

New Seabury quiets down on a workday

On a workday 267 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere.

267live here, work elsewhere
15live and work here
191work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night730
Workday650
730live here− 270head out to work+ 190come in to work= 650on a workday

About 650 people are in New Seabury on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.73jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of New Seabury commutes less than 12 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miMashpee: 22% · 3 miFalmouth: 17% · 6.4 miBarnstable Town: 11% · 8.7 miBoston: 5% · 59.1 miYarmouth: 3% · 14.8 miBrockton: 2% · 45 miSandwich: 2% · 9.5 miBourne: 2% · 11.4 miWareham: 2% · 17.4 miFairhaven: 1% · 20.7 miMashpee 22%Falmouth 17%Barnstable Town 11%Boston 5%Yarmouth 3%New Seabury
New SeaburyTop destinations (size = commuters)
43%Under 10 mi121 residents
21%10–24 mi59 residents
12%25–50 mi33 residents
24%Over 50 mi68 residents

About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in New SeaburyJobs New Seabury residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms13%12%
Trade, transport & utilities5%17%
Services: health, schools, offices83%71%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less10%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%15%
Over $3,333 a month67%69%

Who does it

29 or younger18%17%
30 to 5443%38%
55 and older39%46%
+78%

Jobs based in New Seabury, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 206. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

New Seabury and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of New Seabury’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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