Work & commute · Warren

Work & commute in Warren, MA

Most working residents leave Warren for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (8%), Worcester (8%) and Palmer Town (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 1,973 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,864 Warren residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warren.

1,864live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warren goes to work

Boston61.4 mi away

8%163

Worcester20.6 mi away

8%158

Warren (in town)right here

6%109

Palmer Town5.5 mi away

4%83

Sturbridge8.7 mi away

4%76

Ware6.7 mi away

3%67

West Brookfield4 mi away

3%59

Spencer11.1 mi away

3%50

Cambridge56.6 mi away

2%41

Waltham50.7 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,126

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

How far

How far Warren commutes

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

25%

28%

16%

32%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warren is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Warren are

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

Jobs based in Warren

519 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Warren residents hold

1,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−17%

Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 627 → 519. 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.