Work & commute · Wareham

Work & commute in Wareham, MA

Most working residents leave Wareham for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Plymouth (6%) and Bourne (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,463 of 11,046 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,583 Wareham residents head out of town to work, 1,463 work right here, and 6,330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wareham.

9,583live here, work elsewhere

1,463live and work here

6,330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wareham goes to work

Wareham (in town)right here

13%1,463

Boston42.5 mi away

12%1,312

Plymouth9.8 mi away

6%626

Bourne6.7 mi away

4%476

New Bedford13.8 mi away

4%434

Falmouth12.8 mi away

3%376

Barnstable Town19.3 mi away

3%342

Middleborough11.6 mi away

2%234

Dartmouth18.7 mi away

2%218

Fall River20.1 mi away

2%207

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%5,358

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

How far

How far Wareham commutes

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

23%

32%

33%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wareham is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wareham are

7,793 jobs are based in Wareham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wareham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wareham

7,793 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wareham residents hold

11,046 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+10%

Jobs based in Wareham, 2013 → 2023: 7,079 → 7,793. 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.