Work & commute · West Bridgewater

Work & commute in West Bridgewater, MA

Most working residents leave West Bridgewater for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Brockton (11%) and Quincy (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

385 of 3,920 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,535 West Bridgewater residents head out of town to work, 385 work right here, and 6,140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Bridgewater.

3,535live here, work elsewhere

385live and work here

6,140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Bridgewater goes to work

Boston21.5 mi away

12%459

Brockton4.2 mi away

11%420

West Bridgewater (in town)right here

10%385

Quincy16.6 mi away

3%120

Easton4.4 mi away

3%112

Canton11.8 mi away

3%109

Braintree Town12.8 mi away

3%106

Bridgewater Town4.2 mi away

3%100

Stoughton7.8 mi away

2%92

Taunton8.9 mi away

2%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,928

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

How far

How far West Bridgewater commutes

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

39%

43%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Bridgewater is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in West Bridgewater are

6,525 jobs are based in West Bridgewater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Bridgewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Bridgewater

6,525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs West Bridgewater residents hold

3,920 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+17%

Jobs based in West Bridgewater, 2013 → 2023: 5,596 → 6,525. 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.