Work & commute · West Tisbury

Work & commute in West Tisbury, MA

About one in 5 of West Tisbury’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oak Bluffs (13%), Tisbury (10%) and Edgartown (9%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

225 of 1,039 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 814 West Tisbury residents head out of town to work, 225 work right here, and 722 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Tisbury.

814live here, work elsewhere

225live and work here

722work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Tisbury goes to work

West Tisbury (in town)right here

22%225

Oak Bluffs6.8 mi away

13%131

Tisbury5.8 mi away

10%103

Edgartown9.2 mi away

9%97

Chilmark8.9 mi away

8%83

Boston67.4 mi away

7%76

Aquinnah9.6 mi away

3%29

Falmouth14.2 mi away

1%13

Barnstable Town24.1 mi away

1%11

Cambridge71.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%263

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

How far

How far West Tisbury commutes

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

64%

28%

64%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Tisbury is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Tisbury are

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

Jobs based in West Tisbury

947 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs West Tisbury residents hold

1,039 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−6%

Jobs based in West Tisbury, 2013 → 2023: 1,010 → 947. 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.