Work & commute · Swansea

Work & commute in Swansea, MA

Most working residents leave Swansea for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fall River (14%), Boston (8%) and Providence (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

822 of 8,820 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,998 Swansea residents head out of town to work, 822 work right here, and 3,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swansea.

7,998live here, work elsewhere

822live and work here

3,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swansea goes to work

Fall River6.8 mi away

14%1,241

Swansea (in town)right here

9%822

Boston41 mi away

8%686

Providence, RI11.5 mi away

7%589

Somerset2.9 mi away

4%351

Taunton11.8 mi away

3%223

East Providence, RI8 mi away

2%211

Seekonk7.8 mi away

2%181

Warwick, RI11.3 mi away

2%155

Cranston, RI14 mi away

2%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%4,228

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

How far

How far Swansea commutes

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

39%

28%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swansea is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swansea are

4,816 jobs are based in Swansea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swansea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swansea

4,816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Swansea residents hold

8,820 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+11%

Jobs based in Swansea, 2013 → 2023: 4,334 → 4,816. 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.