Work & commute · Wenham

Work & commute in Wenham, MA

Most working residents leave Wenham for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (22%), Beverly (9%) and Danvers (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

283 of 2,035 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,752 Wenham residents head out of town to work, 283 work right here, and 1,235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wenham.

1,752live here, work elsewhere

283live and work here

1,235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wenham goes to work

Boston19.7 mi away

22%448

Wenham (in town)right here

14%283

Beverly3.6 mi away

9%176

Danvers3.9 mi away

4%91

Cambridge19.6 mi away

4%82

Salem7 mi away

3%57

Peabody6.3 mi away

2%43

Hamilton2.2 mi away

2%36

Ipswich7 mi away

2%35

Lynn9.6 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%754

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

How far

How far Wenham commutes

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

41%

44%

10%

41%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wenham is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wenham are

1,518 jobs are based in Wenham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wenham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wenham

1,518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Wenham residents hold

2,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+46%

Jobs based in Wenham, 2013 → 2023: 1,039 → 1,518. 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.