Work & commute · Southborough

Work & commute in Southborough, MA

Most working residents leave Southborough for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (15%), Framingham (7%) and Marlborough (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

423 of 4,746 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,323 Southborough residents head out of town to work, 423 work right here, and 7,547 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southborough.

4,323live here, work elsewhere

423live and work here

7,547work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southborough goes to work

Boston26.5 mi away

15%722

Southborough (in town)right here

9%423

Framingham4.8 mi away

7%315

Marlborough3.4 mi away

6%287

Worcester14.4 mi away

5%235

Waltham15.9 mi away

5%228

Cambridge21.6 mi away

4%176

Natick9.4 mi away

3%160

Westborough4.8 mi away

3%145

Newton16.6 mi away

2%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,949

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

How far

How far Southborough commutes

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

35%

47%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southborough is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Southborough are

7,970 jobs are based in Southborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southborough

7,970 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Southborough residents hold

4,746 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+4%

Jobs based in Southborough, 2013 → 2023: 7,637 → 7,970. 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.