Work & commute · Northbridge

Work & commute in Northbridge, MA

Most working residents leave Northbridge for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (10%), Boston (5%) and Milford (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

898 of 7,877 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,979 Northbridge residents head out of town to work, 898 work right here, and 4,361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northbridge.

6,979live here, work elsewhere

898live and work here

4,361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northbridge goes to work

Northbridge (in town)right here

11%898

Worcester12.4 mi away

10%814

Boston35.7 mi away

5%388

Milford7.2 mi away

5%382

Westborough9.9 mi away

3%271

Framingham16.7 mi away

3%255

Marlborough16.2 mi away

3%226

Uxbridge4.7 mi away

3%209

Hopkinton8.8 mi away

3%198

Sutton4.8 mi away

2%176

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%4,060

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

How far

How far Northbridge commutes

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

34%

39%

23%

34%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northbridge is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northbridge are

5,259 jobs are based in Northbridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northbridge

5,259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Northbridge residents hold

7,877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+13%

Jobs based in Northbridge, 2013 → 2023: 4,660 → 5,259. 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.