Work & commute · Tyngsborough

Work & commute in Tyngsborough, MA

Most working residents leave Tyngsborough for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lowell (9%), Boston (9%) and Nashua (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

412 of 6,710 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,298 Tyngsborough residents head out of town to work, 412 work right here, and 3,468 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tyngsborough.

6,298live here, work elsewhere

412live and work here

3,468work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tyngsborough goes to work

Lowell5.8 mi away

9%617

Boston31.4 mi away

9%602

Tyngsborough (in town)right here

6%412

Nashua, NH6.4 mi away

5%320

Chelmsford5.7 mi away

5%318

Billerica11.3 mi away

4%259

Cambridge25.6 mi away

3%207

Burlington16.2 mi away

3%204

Waltham21.5 mi away

3%168

Andover13.6 mi away

2%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,436

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

How far

How far Tyngsborough commutes

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

35%

37%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tyngsborough is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tyngsborough are

3,880 jobs are based in Tyngsborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tyngsborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tyngsborough

3,880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Tyngsborough residents hold

6,710 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−3%

Jobs based in Tyngsborough, 2013 → 2023: 4,009 → 3,880. 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.