Work & commute · Templeton

Work & commute in Templeton, MA

Most working residents leave Templeton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Gardner (12%), Leominster (6%) and Fitchburg (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

312 of 3,754 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,442 Templeton residents head out of town to work, 312 work right here, and 997 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Templeton.

3,442live here, work elsewhere

312live and work here

997work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Templeton goes to work

Gardner4.6 mi away

12%450

Templeton (in town)right here

8%312

Leominster15.8 mi away

6%211

Fitchburg13.5 mi away

5%205

Worcester24.5 mi away

5%197

Boston56.4 mi away

5%196

Athol7.9 mi away

2%86

Marlborough30.7 mi away

2%81

Westminster8.7 mi away

2%72

Winchendon7.3 mi away

2%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,873

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

How far

How far Templeton commutes

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

28%

31%

13%

28%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Templeton is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Templeton are

1,309 jobs are based in Templeton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Templeton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Templeton

1,309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Templeton residents hold

3,754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+29%

Jobs based in Templeton, 2013 → 2023: 1,013 → 1,309. 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.