Work & commute · Scituate

Work & commute in Scituate, MA

Most working residents leave Scituate for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (28%), Quincy (4%) and Hingham (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,186 of 9,216 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,030 Scituate residents head out of town to work, 1,186 work right here, and 2,276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scituate.

8,030live here, work elsewhere

1,186live and work here

2,276work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scituate goes to work

Boston16.4 mi away

28%2,543

Scituate (in town)right here

13%1,186

Quincy14.1 mi away

4%358

Hingham7.2 mi away

3%316

Cambridge22.5 mi away

3%308

Norwell4.8 mi away

3%304

Cohasset4.9 mi away

3%304

Weymouth Town10.4 mi away

3%262

Braintree Town13.3 mi away

2%185

Hanover8.1 mi away

2%166

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,284

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

How far

How far Scituate commutes

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

30%

53%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scituate is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scituate are

3,462 jobs are based in Scituate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scituate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scituate

3,462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Scituate residents hold

9,216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+9%

Jobs based in Scituate, 2013 → 2023: 3,186 → 3,462. 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.