Work & commute · Provincetown

Work & commute in Provincetown, MA

48% of Provincetown’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Boston (5%), Truro (4%) and Barnstable Town (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

643 of 1,337 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 694 Provincetown residents head out of town to work, 643 work right here, and 900 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Provincetown.

694live here, work elsewhere

643live and work here

900work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Provincetown goes to work

Provincetown (in town)right here

48%643

Boston46.2 mi away

5%71

Truro7.1 mi away

4%58

Barnstable Town28.6 mi away

2%32

Wellfleet12.8 mi away

2%31

Orleans23 mi away

2%23

New Bedford47.2 mi away

1%16

Harwich25.6 mi away

1%16

Fall River52 mi away

1%14

Dennis24.3 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%422

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

How far

How far Provincetown commutes

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

52%

19%

22%

52%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Provincetown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Provincetown are

1,543 jobs are based in Provincetown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Provincetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Provincetown

1,543 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Provincetown residents hold

1,337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−2%

Jobs based in Provincetown, 2013 → 2023: 1,569 → 1,543. 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.