Work & commute · Truro

Work & commute in Truro, MA

Most working residents leave Truro for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Provincetown (18%), Boston (8%) and Eastham (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

109 of 613 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 504 Truro residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Truro.

504live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Truro goes to work

Provincetown7.1 mi away

18%112

Truro (in town)right here

18%109

Boston53.4 mi away

8%49

Eastham12.4 mi away

3%19

Orleans17.7 mi away

3%18

Wellfleet6.9 mi away

2%12

Brewster18.6 mi away

2%12

Cambridge59.5 mi away

1%9

Quincy51.3 mi away

1%9

New Bedford51.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%255

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

How far

How far Truro commutes

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

38%

11%

42%

38%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Truro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Truro are

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

Jobs based in Truro

492 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Truro residents hold

613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+27%

Jobs based in Truro, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 492. 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.