Work & commute · Plympton

Work & commute in Plympton, MA

Most working residents leave Plympton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (11%), Boston (11%) and Kingston (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

84 of 1,574 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,490 Plympton residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 1,052 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plympton.

1,490live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

1,052work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plympton goes to work

Plymouth10.8 mi away

11%170

Boston28 mi away

11%167

Plympton (in town)right here

5%84

Kingston3.7 mi away

5%73

Quincy23.4 mi away

4%59

Pembroke7.5 mi away

3%44

Brockton14.3 mi away

3%40

Weymouth Town18.6 mi away

2%37

Hingham18.8 mi away

2%34

Hanover11.7 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%833

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

How far

How far Plympton commutes

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

32%

37%

26%

32%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plympton is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plympton are

1,136 jobs are based in Plympton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plympton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plympton

1,136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Plympton residents hold

1,574 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−1%

Jobs based in Plympton, 2013 → 2023: 1,143 → 1,136. 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.