Work & commute · Quincy

Work & commute in Quincy, MA

Most working residents leave Quincy for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (37%), Cambridge (6%) and Braintree Town (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

6,814 of 50,350 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 43,536 Quincy residents head out of town to work, 6,814 work right here, and 38,629 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quincy.

43,536live here, work elsewhere

6,814live and work here

38,629work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quincy goes to work

Boston5 mi away

37%18,627

Quincy (in town)right here

14%6,814

Cambridge9.7 mi away

6%2,850

Braintree Town3.8 mi away

3%1,417

Waltham14.8 mi away

2%818

Newton11.3 mi away

2%797

Weymouth Town5 mi away

2%781

Canton8.4 mi away

1%671

Hingham7 mi away

1%635

Brockton12.3 mi away

1%564

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%16,376

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

How far

How far Quincy commutes

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

68%

22%

68%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quincy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Quincy are

45,443 jobs are based in Quincy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Quincy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Quincy

45,443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Quincy residents hold

50,350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+3%

Jobs based in Quincy, 2013 → 2023: 44,008 → 45,443. 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.