Work & commute · Paxton

Work & commute in Paxton, MA

Most working residents leave Paxton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (29%), Boston (7%) and Holden (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 2,521 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,415 Paxton residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paxton.

2,415live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paxton goes to work

Worcester7.4 mi away

29%742

Boston47.4 mi away

7%186

Paxton (in town)right here

4%106

Holden5 mi away

3%85

Auburn9.2 mi away

2%61

Marlborough20.2 mi away

2%59

Shrewsbury11.7 mi away

2%56

Westborough17 mi away

2%41

Waltham36.1 mi away

2%40

Framingham25.8 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,106

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

How far

How far Paxton commutes

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

44%

20%

31%

44%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paxton is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paxton are

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

Jobs based in Paxton

716 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Paxton residents hold

2,521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+7%

Jobs based in Paxton, 2013 → 2023: 670 → 716. 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.