Work & commute · Norwood

Work & commute in Norwood, MA

Most working residents leave Norwood for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (25%), Newton (4%) and Cambridge (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,862 of 16,005 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 14,143 Norwood residents head out of town to work, 1,862 work right here, and 18,004 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwood.

14,143live here, work elsewhere

1,862live and work here

18,004work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwood goes to work

Boston13.7 mi away

25%4,048

Norwood (in town)right here

12%1,862

Newton10 mi away

4%615

Cambridge13.6 mi away

4%595

Waltham14.1 mi away

3%427

Westwood2.5 mi away

3%417

Canton3.7 mi away

3%411

Walpole4.2 mi away

2%388

Dedham4.2 mi away

2%387

Needham6.9 mi away

2%364

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%6,491

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

How far

How far Norwood commutes

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

36%

54%

36%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwood are

19,866 jobs are based in Norwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norwood

19,866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Norwood residents hold

16,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−13%

Jobs based in Norwood, 2013 → 2023: 22,940 → 19,866. 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.