Work & commute · Topsfield

Work & commute in Topsfield, MA

Most working residents leave Topsfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (18%), Beverly (6%) and Danvers (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

152 of 2,738 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,586 Topsfield residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 1,600 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Topsfield.

2,586live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

1,600work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Topsfield goes to work

Boston21.6 mi away

18%494

Beverly7.7 mi away

6%156

Topsfield (in town)right here

6%152

Danvers4.7 mi away

5%137

Peabody7.5 mi away

4%114

Ipswich6.6 mi away

3%92

Salem10.1 mi away

3%76

Cambridge20.4 mi away

3%73

Andover11.1 mi away

2%54

Burlington16.2 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,338

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

How far

How far Topsfield commutes

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

35%

51%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Topsfield is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Topsfield are

1,752 jobs are based in Topsfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Topsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Topsfield

1,752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Topsfield residents hold

2,738 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−15%

Jobs based in Topsfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,068 → 1,752. 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.