Work & commute · Westwood

Work & commute in Westwood, MA

Most working residents leave Westwood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (32%), Cambridge (4%) and Newton (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

569 of 7,622 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,053 Westwood residents head out of town to work, 569 work right here, and 12,550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westwood.

7,053live here, work elsewhere

569live and work here

12,550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westwood goes to work

Boston13 mi away

32%2,426

Westwood (in town)right here

7%569

Cambridge11.9 mi away

4%330

Newton7.8 mi away

3%258

Norwood2.5 mi away

3%223

Waltham11.8 mi away

3%219

Dedham2.7 mi away

3%194

Needham4.5 mi away

3%194

Quincy11 mi away

2%148

Canton5.6 mi away

2%147

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,914

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

How far

How far Westwood commutes

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

38%

51%

38%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westwood is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westwood are

13,119 jobs are based in Westwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westwood

13,119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Westwood residents hold

7,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+34%

Jobs based in Westwood, 2013 → 2023: 9,799 → 13,119. 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.