Work & commute · Westport

Work & commute in Westport, MA

Most working residents leave Westport for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Fall River (17%), New Bedford (8%) and Dartmouth (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,083 of 7,244 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,161 Westport residents head out of town to work, 1,083 work right here, and 2,941 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westport.

6,161live here, work elsewhere

1,083live and work here

2,941work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westport goes to work

Fall River9.6 mi away

17%1,248

Westport (in town)right here

15%1,083

New Bedford9.3 mi away

8%570

Dartmouth6.5 mi away

7%479

Boston52.1 mi away

4%277

Fairhaven11.5 mi away

2%162

Providence, RI24.2 mi away

2%161

Taunton22.4 mi away

2%145

Portsmouth, RI13.4 mi away

2%112

Somerset11.8 mi away

1%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,903

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

How far

How far Westport commutes

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

47%

24%

16%

13%

47%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westport is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westport are

4,024 jobs are based in Westport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westport

4,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Westport residents hold

7,244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+26%

Jobs based in Westport, 2013 → 2023: 3,206 → 4,024. 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.