Work & commute · Stow

Work & commute in Stow, MA

Most working residents leave Stow for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (8%), Waltham (7%) and Cambridge (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

131 of 3,224 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,093 Stow residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 1,616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stow.

3,093live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

1,616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stow goes to work

Boston26.3 mi away

8%261

Waltham14 mi away

7%220

Stow (in town)right here

4%131

Cambridge20.4 mi away

4%118

Marlborough5.8 mi away

4%118

Worcester18.8 mi away

4%117

Framingham9.3 mi away

4%114

Concord7.8 mi away

3%103

Hudson3.3 mi away

3%92

Burlington16.6 mi away

3%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,864

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

How far

How far Stow commutes

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

28%

58%

10%

28%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stow 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 Stow are

1,747 jobs are based in Stow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stow

1,747 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Stow residents hold

3,224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−3%

Jobs based in Stow, 2013 → 2023: 1,795 → 1,747. 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.