Work & commute · Weymouth

Work & commute in Weymouth, MA

Most working residents leave Weymouth for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (27%), Quincy (8%) and Braintree Town (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

3,092 of 29,806 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26,714 Weymouth residents head out of town to work, 3,092 work right here, and 14,570 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weymouth.

26,714live here, work elsewhere

3,092live and work here

14,570work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weymouth goes to work

Boston9.4 mi away

27%8,125

Weymouth Town (in town)right here

10%3,092

Quincy5 mi away

8%2,238

Braintree Town2.9 mi away

4%1,279

Hingham3.6 mi away

4%1,199

Cambridge14.7 mi away

3%1,015

Brockton9.5 mi away

2%600

Norwell7.1 mi away

2%551

Canton9.4 mi away

2%506

Rockland5.7 mi away

2%451

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%10,750

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

How far

How far Weymouth commutes

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

43%

46%

43%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weymouth is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weymouth are

17,662 jobs are based in Weymouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Weymouth

17,662 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Weymouth residents hold

29,806 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+23%

Jobs based in Weymouth, 2013 → 2023: 14,333 → 17,662. 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.