Work & commute · Uxbridge

Work & commute in Uxbridge, MA

Most working residents leave Uxbridge for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (8%), Milford (8%) and Boston (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

594 of 6,463 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,869 Uxbridge residents head out of town to work, 594 work right here, and 3,246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Uxbridge.

5,869live here, work elsewhere

594live and work here

3,246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Uxbridge goes to work

Uxbridge (in town)right here

9%594

Worcester16.7 mi away

8%529

Milford9.2 mi away

8%490

Boston37.3 mi away

5%349

Northbridge4.7 mi away

5%295

Westborough14.4 mi away

3%186

Franklin Town12.1 mi away

3%181

Marlborough20.5 mi away

3%174

Framingham20.1 mi away

3%165

Hopkinton12.4 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,358

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

How far

How far Uxbridge commutes

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

33%

39%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Uxbridge is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Uxbridge are

3,840 jobs are based in Uxbridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Uxbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Uxbridge

3,840 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Uxbridge residents hold

6,463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+48%

Jobs based in Uxbridge, 2013 → 2023: 2,599 → 3,840. 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.