Work & commute · North Brookfield

Work & commute in North Brookfield, MA

Most working residents leave North Brookfield for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (16%), Boston (5%) and Spencer (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

241 of 2,520 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,279 North Brookfield residents head out of town to work, 241 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Brookfield.

2,279live here, work elsewhere

241live and work here

572work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Brookfield goes to work

Worcester13.3 mi away

16%406

North Brookfield (in town)right here

10%241

Boston54 mi away

5%131

Spencer4.1 mi away

5%125

Charlton10.5 mi away

3%77

Auburn12.3 mi away

3%64

Sturbridge11.3 mi away

2%52

Southbridge Town14.5 mi away

2%51

East Brookfield4.2 mi away

2%42

West Brookfield5 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,289

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

How far

How far North Brookfield commutes

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

25%

39%

21%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Brookfield is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Brookfield are

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

Jobs based in North Brookfield

813 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs North Brookfield residents hold

2,520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+5%

Jobs based in North Brookfield, 2013 → 2023: 773 → 813. 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.