Work & commute · Stoughton

Work & commute in Stoughton, MA

Most working residents leave Stoughton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (26%), Brockton (5%) and Canton (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,432 of 14,892 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,460 Stoughton residents head out of town to work, 1,432 work right here, and 14,247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stoughton.

13,460live here, work elsewhere

1,432live and work here

14,247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stoughton goes to work

Boston15.5 mi away

26%3,852

Stoughton (in town)right here

10%1,432

Brockton4.7 mi away

5%702

Canton4.1 mi away

4%665

Cambridge17.8 mi away

3%474

Quincy10.9 mi away

3%452

Norwood6.7 mi away

3%378

Braintree Town8 mi away

2%291

Easton5.5 mi away

2%281

Newton15.6 mi away

2%262

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%6,103

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

How far

How far Stoughton commutes

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

38%

50%

38%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stoughton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stoughton are

15,679 jobs are based in Stoughton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stoughton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stoughton

15,679 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Stoughton residents hold

14,892 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+31%

Jobs based in Stoughton, 2013 → 2023: 11,994 → 15,679. 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.