Work & commute · Westminster

Work & commute in Westminster, MA

Most working residents leave Westminster for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fitchburg (10%), Leominster (9%) and Gardner (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

318 of 3,646 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,328 Westminster residents head out of town to work, 318 work right here, and 1,636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westminster.

3,328live here, work elsewhere

318live and work here

1,636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westminster goes to work

Fitchburg5.6 mi away

10%367

Westminster (in town)right here

9%318

Leominster7.2 mi away

9%313

Gardner4.8 mi away

7%242

Worcester20.2 mi away

6%208

Boston47.9 mi away

5%195

Ashburnham6.7 mi away

3%110

Princeton7 mi away

2%78

Marlborough23 mi away

2%62

Ayer16.8 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,700

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

How far

How far Westminster 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

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westminster is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westminster are

1,954 jobs are based in Westminster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westminster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westminster

1,954 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Westminster residents hold

3,646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−16%

Jobs based in Westminster, 2013 → 2023: 2,334 → 1,954. 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.