Work & commute · Swampscott

Work & commute in Swampscott, MA

Most working residents leave Swampscott for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (25%), Lynn (8%) and Salem (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

527 of 6,580 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,053 Swampscott residents head out of town to work, 527 work right here, and 2,613 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swampscott.

6,053live here, work elsewhere

527live and work here

2,613work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swampscott goes to work

Boston11.2 mi away

25%1,615

Lynn3.6 mi away

8%540

Swampscott (in town)right here

8%527

Salem2.2 mi away

6%410

Marblehead2.2 mi away

4%245

Cambridge13.2 mi away

4%243

Beverly6.6 mi away

4%235

Danvers7.9 mi away

3%186

Peabody6.1 mi away

3%174

Woburn13.5 mi away

1%96

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,309

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

How far

How far Swampscott commutes

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

44%

46%

44%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swampscott is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swampscott are

3,140 jobs are based in Swampscott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swampscott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swampscott

3,140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Swampscott residents hold

6,580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+20%

Jobs based in Swampscott, 2013 → 2023: 2,614 → 3,140. 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.