Work & commute · Wellfleet

Work & commute in Wellfleet, MA

About one in 4 of Wellfleet’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Provincetown (7%), Boston (7%) and Orleans (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

304 of 1,200 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

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 896 Wellfleet residents head out of town to work, 304 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellfleet.

896live here, work elsewhere

304live and work here

678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellfleet goes to work

Wellfleet (in town)right here

25%304

Provincetown12.8 mi away

7%89

Boston58.1 mi away

7%80

Orleans10.8 mi away

6%76

Eastham5.5 mi away

5%62

Barnstable Town24.5 mi away

5%54

Truro6.9 mi away

4%43

Harwich15.4 mi away

3%34

Chatham21.9 mi away

3%33

Yarmouth19.6 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%405

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

How far

How far Wellfleet commutes

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

37%

24%

32%

37%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellfleet is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellfleet are

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

Jobs based in Wellfleet

982 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Wellfleet residents hold

1,200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+35%

Jobs based in Wellfleet, 2013 → 2023: 730 → 982. 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.