Every workday, about 4,800 people come to Smith Mills for work
Most working residents leave Smith Mills for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New Bedford (18%), Dartmouth (16%) and Fall River (10%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
What kind of work town is Smith Mills?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Smith Mills nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 2,013 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 4,774 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Smith Mills on a workday afternoon, 60% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
34% of Smith Mills works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to New Bedford (18%). Darker towns draw more of Smith Mills’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Where Smith Mills’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Smith Mills clocks in
18% of workers
16% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Smith Mills commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 4,885 jobs in Smith Mills are
4,885 jobs are based in Smith Mills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Smith Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Smith Mills, 2013 → 2023: 4,695 → 4,885. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 28 minutes each way, about the MA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Smith Mills workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Smith Mills
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Smith Mills, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.