Work & commute · Taunton

Work & commute in Taunton, MA

Most working residents leave Taunton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (11%), Brockton (5%) and Raynham (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

4,727 of 29,513 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 24,786 Taunton residents head out of town to work, 4,727 work right here, and 19,352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taunton.

24,786live here, work elsewhere

4,727live and work here

19,352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taunton goes to work

Taunton (in town)right here

16%4,727

Boston30 mi away

11%3,273

Brockton12.9 mi away

5%1,533

Raynham3.1 mi away

4%1,106

Fall River12.8 mi away

3%924

Middleborough11.7 mi away

2%561

Easton9.4 mi away

2%558

Attleboro10.4 mi away

2%483

Bridgewater Town7.6 mi away

2%472

Stoughton14.9 mi away

2%451

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%15,425

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

How far

How far Taunton commutes

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

30%

37%

28%

30%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taunton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Taunton are

24,079 jobs are based in Taunton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Taunton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Taunton

24,079 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Taunton residents hold

29,513 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+12%

Jobs based in Taunton, 2013 → 2023: 21,476 → 24,079. 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.