Work & commute · Pepperell

Work & commute in Pepperell, MA

Most working residents leave Pepperell for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (9%), Nashua (5%) and Lowell (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

451 of 6,142 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,691 Pepperell residents head out of town to work, 451 work right here, and 992 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pepperell.

5,691live here, work elsewhere

451live and work here

992work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pepperell goes to work

Boston38 mi away

9%535

Pepperell (in town)right here

7%451

Nashua, NH7.9 mi away

5%283

Lowell14.5 mi away

4%266

Chelmsford12.9 mi away

3%200

Cambridge32 mi away

3%189

Billerica19 mi away

3%179

Groton4.5 mi away

3%174

Westford10.1 mi away

2%147

Waltham26.8 mi away

2%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%3,573

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

How far

How far Pepperell commutes

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

25%

39%

32%

25%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pepperell is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pepperell are

1,443 jobs are based in Pepperell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pepperell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pepperell

1,443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pepperell residents hold

6,142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+7%

Jobs based in Pepperell, 2013 → 2023: 1,345 → 1,443. 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.