Work & commute · Saugus

Work & commute in Saugus, MA

Most working residents leave Saugus for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (24%), Cambridge (4%) and Lynn (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,110 of 15,456 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,346 Saugus residents head out of town to work, 1,110 work right here, and 8,195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saugus.

14,346live here, work elsewhere

1,110live and work here

8,195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saugus goes to work

Boston9.4 mi away

24%3,669

Saugus (in town)right here

7%1,110

Cambridge8.3 mi away

4%678

Lynn2.7 mi away

3%525

Peabody5.1 mi away

3%472

Woburn7.3 mi away

3%416

Danvers8 mi away

2%378

Malden3.5 mi away

2%333

Wakefield3.6 mi away

2%324

Chelsea5 mi away

2%304

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%7,247

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

How far

How far Saugus commutes

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

68%

24%

68%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saugus is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saugus are

9,305 jobs are based in Saugus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saugus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saugus

9,305 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Saugus residents hold

15,456 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−7%

Jobs based in Saugus, 2013 → 2023: 9,992 → 9,305. 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.