Work & commute · Rockport

Work & commute in Rockport, MA

Most working residents leave Rockport for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Gloucester (18%), Boston (11%) and Beverly (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

399 of 2,851 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,452 Rockport residents head out of town to work, 399 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockport.

2,452live here, work elsewhere

399live and work here

529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockport goes to work

Gloucester4.5 mi away

18%510

Rockport (in town)right here

14%399

Boston30.6 mi away

11%302

Beverly14 mi away

7%213

Danvers18.5 mi away

3%75

Cambridge32.6 mi away

2%68

Peabody20.4 mi away

2%63

Salem18.5 mi away

2%56

Ipswich12 mi away

2%49

Burlington32.2 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,074

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

How far

How far Rockport commutes

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

34%

24%

34%

34%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockport is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockport are

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

Jobs based in Rockport

928 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Rockport residents hold

2,851 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+2%

Jobs based in Rockport, 2013 → 2023: 913 → 928. 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.