Work & commute · Westborough

Work & commute in Westborough, MA

Most working residents leave Westborough for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (9%), Worcester (8%) and Framingham (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,216 of 8,770 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,554 Westborough residents head out of town to work, 1,216 work right here, and 19,843 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westborough.

7,554live here, work elsewhere

1,216live and work here

19,843work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westborough goes to work

Westborough (in town)right here

14%1,216

Boston31 mi away

9%806

Worcester9.9 mi away

8%740

Framingham9.5 mi away

5%456

Marlborough6.5 mi away

5%447

Cambridge26.3 mi away

3%235

Southborough4.8 mi away

3%221

Natick13.6 mi away

2%196

Northborough4.2 mi away

2%187

Hopkinton4.8 mi away

2%183

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%4,083

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

How far

How far Westborough commutes

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

40%

27%

28%

40%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westborough is a job hub

2.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westborough are

21,059 jobs are based in Westborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westborough

21,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Westborough residents hold

8,770 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

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Jobs based in Westborough, 2013 → 2023: 20,955 → 21,059. 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.