Work & commute · Plainville

Work & commute in Plainville, MA

Most working residents leave Plainville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (13%), North Attleborough Town (4%) and Wrentham (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

305 of 5,235 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 4,930 Plainville residents head out of town to work, 305 work right here, and 3,943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainville.

4,930live here, work elsewhere

305live and work here

3,943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainville goes to work

Boston27.6 mi away

13%665

Plainville (in town)right here

6%305

North Attleborough Town2.9 mi away

4%227

Wrentham2.9 mi away

3%164

Walpole10.1 mi away

3%156

Norwood14 mi away

3%153

Foxborough5.7 mi away

3%144

Attleboro6 mi away

3%140

Franklin Town6.3 mi away

3%137

Mansfield6.2 mi away

2%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%3,021

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

How far

How far Plainville commutes

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

30%

37%

29%

30%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainville are

4,248 jobs are based in Plainville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plainville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plainville

4,248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Plainville residents hold

5,235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+13%

Jobs based in Plainville, 2013 → 2023: 3,769 → 4,248. 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.