Work & commute · North Andover

Work & commute in North Andover, MA

Most working residents leave North Andover for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (11%), Andover (8%) and Lawrence (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,564 of 13,630 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,066 North Andover residents head out of town to work, 1,564 work right here, and 11,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Andover.

12,066live here, work elsewhere

1,564live and work here

11,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Andover goes to work

North Andover (in town)right here

11%1,564

Boston23.9 mi away

11%1,503

Andover4 mi away

8%1,053

Lawrence4 mi away

5%635

Woburn13.2 mi away

3%393

Wilmington8.4 mi away

3%368

Cambridge20.6 mi away

3%347

Lowell11.9 mi away

2%333

Burlington13.1 mi away

2%311

Haverhill7.5 mi away

2%292

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%6,831

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

How far

How far North Andover commutes

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

37%

46%

12%

37%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Andover is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Andover are

12,982 jobs are based in North Andover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Andover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Andover

12,982 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs North Andover residents hold

13,630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−3%

Jobs based in North Andover, 2013 → 2023: 13,382 → 12,982. 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.