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Work & commute in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock · A commuter town

96% of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Marshfield (15%), Boston (12%) and Plymouth (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Work in town
4%
89 of 2,309 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
35 min
More than MA (29 min)
Work from home
29%
More than MA (19%)
Jobs based here
361
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

15% of working residents work in Marshfield

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Braintree Town: 62 residents work here (3%)Weymouth Town: 69 residents work here (3%)Quincy: 99 residents work here (4%)Boston: 275 residents work here (12%)ScituatePlymouth: 101 residents work here (4%)Duxbury: 50 residents work here (2%)Marshfield: 354 residents work here (15%)Norwell: 68 residents work here (3%)CarverHingham: 64 residents work here (3%)KingstonPembroke: 61 residents work here (3%)RocklandGreen HarborCedar CrestOcean Bluff-Brant RockMarshfieldBostonPlymouthQuincyWeymouth TownNorwellOcean Bluff-Brant Rock
1
Marshfield3.3 mi away
15%354
2
Boston24.7 mi away
12%275
3
Plymouth14.6 mi away
4%101
4
Quincy21.6 mi away
4%99
5
Weymouth Town16.9 mi away
3%69
6
Norwell9.8 mi away
3%68
7
Hingham14.7 mi away
3%64
8
Braintree Town19.6 mi away
3%62
9
Pembroke8.2 mi away
3%61
10
Duxbury4.6 mi away
2%50
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%1,106
The top trips

Where Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
267 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock35 min
Massachusetts29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
29%

of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
Next door

15% of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Marshfield (15%). Darker towns draw more of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

The jobs

What the 361 jobs in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock are

361 jobs are based in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ocean Bluff-Brant RockJobs Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms10%13%
Trade, transport & utilities20%20%
Services: health, schools, offices70%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less42%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%18%
Over $3,333 a month33%67%

Who does it

29 or younger45%20%
30 to 5434%45%
55 and older21%35%
+15%

Jobs based in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, 2013 → 2023: 313 → 361. 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.

Day and night

Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock quiets down on a workday

On a workday 2,220 residents head out to work, 89 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere.

2,220live here, work elsewhere
89live and work here
272work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night4,500
Workday2,600
4,500live here− 2,200head out to work+ 270come in to work= 2,600on a workday

About 2,600 people are in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.16jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.16 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.

How far

Half of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock commutes less than 20 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miMarshfield: 15% · 3.3 miBoston: 12% · 24.7 miPlymouth: 4% · 14.6 miQuincy: 4% · 21.6 miWeymouth Town: 3% · 16.9 miNorwell: 3% · 9.8 miHingham: 3% · 14.7 miBraintree Town: 3% · 19.6 miPembroke: 3% · 8.2 miDuxbury: 2% · 4.6 miMarshfield 15%Boston 12%Plymouth 4%Quincy 4%Weymouth Town 3%Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Ocean Bluff-Brant RockTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi592 residents
34%10–24 mi790 residents
35%25–50 mi805 residents
5%Over 50 mi121 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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