Work & commute · West Boylston

Work & commute in West Boylston, MA

Most working residents leave West Boylston for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (22%), Boston (8%) and Marlborough (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

267 of 3,696 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,429 West Boylston residents head out of town to work, 267 work right here, and 3,582 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Boylston.

3,429live here, work elsewhere

267live and work here

3,582work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Boylston goes to work

Worcester7 mi away

22%795

Boston39.5 mi away

8%305

West Boylston (in town)right here

7%267

Marlborough12.2 mi away

4%161

Westborough11.2 mi away

3%106

Framingham18.3 mi away

2%85

Cambridge34 mi away

2%82

Shrewsbury6.9 mi away

2%71

Northborough7.8 mi away

2%64

Hudson12.3 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,697

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

How far

How far West Boylston commutes

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

40%

25%

31%

40%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Boylston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Boylston are

3,849 jobs are based in West Boylston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Boylston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Boylston

3,849 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs West Boylston residents hold

3,696 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+8%

Jobs based in West Boylston, 2013 → 2023: 3,565 → 3,849. 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.