Work & commute · Royalston

Work & commute in Royalston, MA

Most working residents leave Royalston for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Athol (8%), Gardner (6%) and Worcester (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 633 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 597 Royalston residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Royalston.

597live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Royalston goes to work

Athol8.1 mi away

8%51

Gardner12.3 mi away

6%36

Royalston (in town)right here

6%36

Worcester34.8 mi away

6%35

Fitchburg19.7 mi away

4%27

Orange7.9 mi away

4%26

Leominster24.1 mi away

3%18

Springfield43.6 mi away

3%18

Boston64.6 mi away

3%17

Amherst Town27.8 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%354

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

How far

How far Royalston commutes

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

20%

23%

35%

22%

20%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Royalston is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Royalston are

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

Jobs based in Royalston

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Royalston residents hold

633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+28%

Jobs based in Royalston, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 102. 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.