Work & commute · Whitman

Work & commute in Whitman, MA

Most working residents leave Whitman for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Brockton (6%) and Weymouth Town (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

427 of 7,699 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,272 Whitman residents head out of town to work, 427 work right here, and 2,522 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitman.

7,272live here, work elsewhere

427live and work here

2,522work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitman goes to work

Boston17.9 mi away

12%889

Brockton4.4 mi away

6%442

Whitman (in town)right here

6%427

Weymouth Town8.8 mi away

5%417

Quincy13.1 mi away

4%331

Hingham10.5 mi away

3%264

Braintree Town9.4 mi away

3%231

Rockland3.8 mi away

3%216

Abington2.7 mi away

2%185

Hanover5.2 mi away

2%171

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%4,126

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

How far

How far Whitman commutes

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

42%

41%

14%

42%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitman is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitman are

2,949 jobs are based in Whitman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitman

2,949 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Whitman residents hold

7,699 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+2%

Jobs based in Whitman, 2013 → 2023: 2,901 → 2,949. 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.