Work & commute · Tisbury

Work & commute in Tisbury, MA

About one in 4 of Tisbury’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oak Bluffs (19%), Edgartown (11%) and West Tisbury (8%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

531 of 2,043 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,512 Tisbury residents head out of town to work, 531 work right here, and 1,165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tisbury.

1,512live here, work elsewhere

531live and work here

1,165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tisbury goes to work

Tisbury (in town)right here

26%531

Oak Bluffs3.4 mi away

19%391

Edgartown9.8 mi away

11%225

West Tisbury5.8 mi away

8%173

Boston62.8 mi away

4%90

Chilmark14.4 mi away

3%55

Falmouth8.5 mi away

2%35

Brockton47.1 mi away

1%23

Cambridge67.5 mi away

1%18

Aquinnah14.4 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%485

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

How far

How far Tisbury commutes

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

68%

21%

68%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tisbury is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tisbury are

1,696 jobs are based in Tisbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tisbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tisbury

1,696 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Tisbury residents hold

2,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+28%

Jobs based in Tisbury, 2013 → 2023: 1,324 → 1,696. 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.