Work & commute · Winchendon

Work & commute in Winchendon, MA

Most working residents leave Winchendon for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Gardner (9%), Fitchburg (6%) and Leominster (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

509 of 4,788 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 4,279 Winchendon residents head out of town to work, 509 work right here, and 1,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winchendon.

4,279live here, work elsewhere

509live and work here

1,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winchendon goes to work

Winchendon (in town)right here

11%509

Gardner6.7 mi away

9%428

Fitchburg13 mi away

6%301

Leominster17.7 mi away

6%273

Worcester30.3 mi away

5%251

Boston57.9 mi away

5%217

Jaffrey, NH11.1 mi away

3%126

Templeton7.3 mi away

2%116

Athol10.9 mi away

2%96

Rindge, NH6.5 mi away

2%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,386

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

How far

How far Winchendon commutes

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

27%

31%

15%

27%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winchendon is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winchendon are

1,532 jobs are based in Winchendon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winchendon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winchendon

1,532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Winchendon residents hold

4,788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−7%

Jobs based in Winchendon, 2013 → 2023: 1,653 → 1,532. 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.