94% of North Eastham’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave North Eastham for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Eastham (16%), Orleans (11%) and Barnstable Town (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.
What stands out about work in North Eastham
North Eastham makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in North Eastham are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs North Eastham residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
North Eastham’s workforce skews older
41% of North Eastham’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 763 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
North Eastham makes things: 54% of its jobs are in goods
350 jobs are based in North Eastham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Eastham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Eastham, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 350. 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.
Half of North Eastham commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 30% 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.
North Eastham quiets down on a workday
On a workday 719 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in North Eastham on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.46 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.
16% of working residents work in Eastham
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where North Eastham clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Massachusetts
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Eastham workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
North Eastham and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wellfleet (6%). Darker towns draw more of North Eastham’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
More of North Eastham
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Eastham, from the people who make the trip.
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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.