Work & commute · Weston

Work & commute in Weston, MA

Most working residents leave Weston for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (34%), Cambridge (9%) and Waltham (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

274 of 4,412 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,138 Weston residents head out of town to work, 274 work right here, and 4,652 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weston.

4,138live here, work elsewhere

274live and work here

4,652work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weston goes to work

Boston14.9 mi away

34%1,493

Cambridge9.5 mi away

9%388

Weston (in town)right here

6%274

Waltham3.7 mi away

5%229

Newton5.2 mi away

4%163

Burlington11.2 mi away

2%84

Natick5.7 mi away

2%76

Wellesley3.9 mi away

2%72

Framingham7.7 mi away

1%61

Lexington7 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,515

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

How far

How far Weston commutes

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

37%

54%

37%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weston are

4,926 jobs are based in Weston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Weston

4,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Weston residents hold

4,412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month81%

+15%

Jobs based in Weston, 2013 → 2023: 4,289 → 4,926. 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.