Work & commute · Rehoboth

Work & commute in Rehoboth, MA

Most working residents leave Rehoboth for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (9%), Boston (8%) and Attleboro (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

426 of 6,670 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,244 Rehoboth residents head out of town to work, 426 work right here, and 1,374 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rehoboth.

6,244live here, work elsewhere

426live and work here

1,374work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rehoboth goes to work

Providence, RI9.1 mi away

9%600

Boston35.6 mi away

8%531

Rehoboth (in town)right here

6%426

Attleboro6.4 mi away

5%312

East Providence, RI6.7 mi away

5%306

Fall River11.8 mi away

4%251

Taunton8.6 mi away

4%241

Seekonk3.8 mi away

4%236

Pawtucket, RI6.9 mi away

2%163

Warwick, RI13.4 mi away

2%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,444

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

How far

How far Rehoboth commutes

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

40%

31%

25%

40%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rehoboth is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rehoboth are

1,800 jobs are based in Rehoboth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rehoboth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rehoboth

1,800 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Rehoboth residents hold

6,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+44%

Jobs based in Rehoboth, 2013 → 2023: 1,246 → 1,800. 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.