Work & commute · Rockland

Work & commute in Rockland, MA

Most working residents leave Rockland for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (18%), Weymouth Town (5%) and Quincy (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

810 of 8,902 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 8,092 Rockland residents head out of town to work, 810 work right here, and 7,297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockland.

8,092live here, work elsewhere

810live and work here

7,297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockland goes to work

Boston15 mi away

18%1,644

Rockland (in town)right here

9%810

Weymouth Town5.7 mi away

5%457

Quincy10.5 mi away

5%454

Hingham6.7 mi away

4%394

Norwell5.2 mi away

4%312

Hanover2.7 mi away

3%305

Braintree Town7.2 mi away

3%275

Brockton6.8 mi away

3%255

Cambridge20.2 mi away

3%234

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,762

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

How far

How far Rockland commutes

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

44%

42%

10%

44%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockland are

8,107 jobs are based in Rockland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockland

8,107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Rockland residents hold

8,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−3%

Jobs based in Rockland, 2013 → 2023: 8,346 → 8,107. 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.