Work & commute · Upton

Work & commute in Upton, MA

Most working residents leave Upton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (13%), Worcester (6%) and Milford (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

266 of 3,991 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,725 Upton residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 948 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upton.

3,725live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

948work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upton goes to work

Boston32 mi away

13%511

Upton (in town)right here

7%266

Worcester12.3 mi away

6%227

Milford4.4 mi away

5%182

Framingham12.5 mi away

4%175

Hopkinton4.6 mi away

4%169

Westborough6.4 mi away

4%149

Marlborough12.3 mi away

4%144

Cambridge28.4 mi away

3%129

Waltham23.6 mi away

3%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,930

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

How far

How far Upton commutes

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

31%

35%

31%

31%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upton is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upton are

1,214 jobs are based in Upton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upton

1,214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Upton residents hold

3,991 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+22%

Jobs based in Upton, 2013 → 2023: 993 → 1,214. 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.