Work & commute · Stoneham

Work & commute in Stoneham, MA

Most working residents leave Stoneham for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (24%), Cambridge (6%) and Woburn (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

813 of 12,045 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,232 Stoneham residents head out of town to work, 813 work right here, and 5,734 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stoneham.

11,232live here, work elsewhere

813live and work here

5,734work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stoneham goes to work

Boston10.7 mi away

24%2,887

Stoneham (in town)right here

7%813

Cambridge6.9 mi away

6%741

Woburn3.1 mi away

5%622

Waltham9.4 mi away

3%358

Wakefield2.7 mi away

3%328

Burlington5.7 mi away

3%308

Somerville5.8 mi away

3%306

Medford3.5 mi away

2%297

Andover12.4 mi away

2%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%5,190

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

How far

How far Stoneham 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

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stoneham is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stoneham are

6,547 jobs are based in Stoneham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stoneham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stoneham

6,547 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Stoneham residents hold

12,045 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+4%

Jobs based in Stoneham, 2013 → 2023: 6,268 → 6,547. 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.