Work & commute · West Newbury

Work & commute in West Newbury, MA

Most working residents leave West Newbury for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Newburyport (8%) and Haverhill (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

97 of 1,977 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,880 West Newbury residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Newbury.

1,880live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Newbury goes to work

Boston32.4 mi away

12%240

Newburyport4 mi away

8%165

West Newbury (in town)right here

5%97

Haverhill6.3 mi away

4%77

Beverly17.8 mi away

3%68

Andover14.5 mi away

3%65

Danvers15.6 mi away

2%49

Amesbury3.6 mi away

2%44

Cambridge30.3 mi away

2%42

Ipswich9.7 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,092

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

How far

How far West Newbury commutes

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

28%

35%

30%

28%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Newbury is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Newbury are

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

Jobs based in West Newbury

700 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs West Newbury residents hold

1,977 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+4%

Jobs based in West Newbury, 2013 → 2023: 674 → 700. 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.