Work & commute · Sandwich

Work & commute in Sandwich, MA

About one in 5 of Sandwich’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Barnstable Town (19%), Falmouth (6%) and Boston (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

1,687 of 8,343 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 6,656 Sandwich residents head out of town to work, 1,687 work right here, and 3,939 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandwich.

6,656live here, work elsewhere

1,687live and work here

3,939work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandwich goes to work

Sandwich (in town)right here

20%1,687

Barnstable Town7.6 mi away

19%1,612

Falmouth10.1 mi away

6%497

Boston50.7 mi away

6%468

Mashpee6.6 mi away

5%398

Yarmouth13.7 mi away

4%335

Bourne5.5 mi away

4%327

Plymouth13.7 mi away

2%201

Dennis16.6 mi away

2%157

Harwich21.5 mi away

1%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,557

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

How far

How far Sandwich commutes

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

42%

27%

10%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandwich is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandwich are

5,626 jobs are based in Sandwich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sandwich

5,626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Sandwich residents hold

8,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+15%

Jobs based in Sandwich, 2013 → 2023: 4,912 → 5,626. 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.