Work & commute · Rowley

Work & commute in Rowley, MA

Most working residents leave Rowley for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (10%), Newburyport (5%) and Beverly (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

289 of 2,885 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,596 Rowley residents head out of town to work, 289 work right here, and 2,404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rowley.

2,596live here, work elsewhere

289live and work here

2,404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rowley goes to work

Rowley (in town)right here

10%289

Boston27.6 mi away

10%281

Newburyport6.3 mi away

5%158

Beverly11.6 mi away

5%150

Ipswich3.1 mi away

5%148

Danvers10.7 mi away

4%110

Peabody13.6 mi away

3%89

Salem15.4 mi away

3%87

Newbury3.5 mi away

3%77

Gloucester12.1 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,427

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

How far

How far Rowley commutes

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

34%

42%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rowley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rowley are

2,693 jobs are based in Rowley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rowley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rowley

2,693 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Rowley residents hold

2,885 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+8%

Jobs based in Rowley, 2013 → 2023: 2,489 → 2,693. 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.