Work & commute · Revere

Work & commute in Revere, MA

Most working residents leave Revere for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (39%), Cambridge (6%) and Chelsea (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,774 of 25,653 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,879 Revere residents head out of town to work, 1,774 work right here, and 7,587 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Revere.

23,879live here, work elsewhere

1,774live and work here

7,587work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Revere goes to work

Boston6.2 mi away

39%10,037

Revere (in town)right here

7%1,774

Cambridge7.2 mi away

6%1,510

Chelsea2.6 mi away

3%775

Somerville6 mi away

2%567

Everett3.4 mi away

2%553

Lynn4 mi away

2%498

Woburn9.6 mi away

2%468

Waltham13 mi away

2%447

Malden3.5 mi away

2%404

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%8,620

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

How far

How far Revere commutes

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

74%

18%

74%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Revere is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Revere are

9,361 jobs are based in Revere. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Revere’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Revere

9,361 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Revere residents hold

25,653 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+11%

Jobs based in Revere, 2013 → 2023: 8,426 → 9,361. 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.