Work & commute · Sharon

Work & commute in Sharon, MA

Most working residents leave Sharon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (30%), Cambridge (5%) and Quincy (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

543 of 8,521 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,978 Sharon residents head out of town to work, 543 work right here, and 4,833 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sharon.

7,978live here, work elsewhere

543live and work here

4,833work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sharon goes to work

Boston17.8 mi away

30%2,564

Sharon (in town)right here

6%543

Cambridge18.8 mi away

5%392

Quincy13.9 mi away

3%259

Norwood5.5 mi away

3%238

Newton15.5 mi away

3%235

Canton5.6 mi away

3%220

Waltham19.6 mi away

3%218

Brockton8.4 mi away

2%192

Stoughton4.2 mi away

2%147

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,513

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

How far

How far Sharon commutes

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

25%

62%

10%

25%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sharon is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sharon are

5,376 jobs are based in Sharon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sharon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sharon

5,376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Sharon residents hold

8,521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+83%

Jobs based in Sharon, 2013 → 2023: 2,930 → 5,376. 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.