Work & commute · Newbury

Work & commute in Newbury, MA

Most working residents leave Newbury for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Newburyport (12%), Boston (11%) and Beverly (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

298 of 2,954 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,656 Newbury residents head out of town to work, 298 work right here, and 1,313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newbury.

2,656live here, work elsewhere

298live and work here

1,313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newbury goes to work

Newburyport3 mi away

12%345

Boston31.1 mi away

11%330

Newbury (in town)right here

10%298

Beverly14.8 mi away

3%92

Danvers14.1 mi away

3%91

Rowley3.5 mi away

3%76

Ipswich5.5 mi away

3%74

Salem18.8 mi away

2%63

Andover16.9 mi away

2%63

Salisbury5.4 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,465

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

How far

How far Newbury commutes

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

35%

33%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newbury is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newbury are

1,611 jobs are based in Newbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newbury

1,611 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Newbury residents hold

2,954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+19%

Jobs based in Newbury, 2013 → 2023: 1,350 → 1,611. 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.