Work & commute · Plymouth

Work & commute in Plymouth, MA

About one in 4 of Plymouth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Barnstable Town (3%) and Kingston (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

7,151 of 29,721 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 22,570 Plymouth residents head out of town to work, 7,151 work right here, and 15,874 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plymouth.

22,570live here, work elsewhere

7,151live and work here

15,874work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plymouth goes to work

Plymouth (in town)right here

24%7,151

Boston37 mi away

12%3,561

Barnstable Town20.5 mi away

3%819

Kingston9.5 mi away

2%739

Quincy32.8 mi away

2%635

Bourne11.7 mi away

2%536

Weymouth Town27.8 mi away

2%507

Brockton25 mi away

2%490

Hingham27 mi away

2%475

Pembroke15.9 mi away

1%434

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%14,374

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

How far

How far Plymouth commutes

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

27%

26%

38%

27%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plymouth is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plymouth are

23,025 jobs are based in Plymouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plymouth

23,025 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Plymouth residents hold

29,721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+11%

Jobs based in Plymouth, 2013 → 2023: 20,760 → 23,025. 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.