Work & commute · Wayland

Work & commute in Wayland, MA

Most working residents leave Wayland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (23%), Cambridge (8%) and Waltham (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

375 of 6,273 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,898 Wayland residents head out of town to work, 375 work right here, and 2,797 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayland.

5,898live here, work elsewhere

375live and work here

2,797work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayland goes to work

Boston17.9 mi away

23%1,445

Cambridge12.4 mi away

8%474

Waltham6.4 mi away

6%397

Wayland (in town)right here

6%375

Newton8 mi away

4%259

Framingham5.3 mi away

4%242

Natick5.3 mi away

3%217

Wellesley5.5 mi away

2%138

Burlington12.8 mi away

2%127

Lexington8.9 mi away

2%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,483

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

How far

How far Wayland commutes

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

36%

54%

36%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayland is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayland are

3,172 jobs are based in Wayland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wayland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wayland

3,172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wayland residents hold

6,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month80%

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Jobs based in Wayland, 2013 → 2023: 3,158 → 3,172. 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.