Work & commute · Randolph

Work & commute in Randolph, MA

Most working residents leave Randolph for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (33%), Braintree Town (4%) and Quincy (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

911 of 17,227 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,316 Randolph residents head out of town to work, 911 work right here, and 7,277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Randolph.

16,316live here, work elsewhere

911live and work here

7,277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Randolph goes to work

Boston10.8 mi away

33%5,765

Randolph Town (in town)right here

5%911

Braintree Town3.2 mi away

4%699

Quincy6.1 mi away

4%626

Brockton6.8 mi away

3%575

Cambridge14 mi away

3%553

Canton3.7 mi away

3%454

Stoughton4.9 mi away

2%366

Newton13.2 mi away

2%328

Weymouth Town5.8 mi away

2%306

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%6,644

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

How far

How far Randolph commutes

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

39%

50%

39%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Randolph is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Randolph are

8,188 jobs are based in Randolph. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Randolph’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Randolph

8,188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Randolph residents hold

17,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+14%

Jobs based in Randolph, 2013 → 2023: 7,159 → 8,188. 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.