Work & commute · Norwell

Work & commute in Norwell, MA

Most working residents leave Norwell for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (28%), Quincy (5%) and Hingham (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

518 of 5,398 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,880 Norwell residents head out of town to work, 518 work right here, and 8,333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwell.

4,880live here, work elsewhere

518live and work here

8,333work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwell goes to work

Boston15.3 mi away

28%1,522

Norwell (in town)right here

10%518

Quincy11.8 mi away

5%243

Hingham5.2 mi away

4%216

Weymouth Town7.1 mi away

4%200

Cambridge21.2 mi away

3%173

Hanover3.5 mi away

3%159

Braintree Town9.8 mi away

3%144

Rockland5.2 mi away

2%122

Brockton12 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,002

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

How far

How far Norwell commutes

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

31%

53%

12%

31%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwell is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwell are

8,851 jobs are based in Norwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norwell

8,851 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Norwell residents hold

5,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+11%

Jobs based in Norwell, 2013 → 2023: 7,968 → 8,851. 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.