Work & commute · Winthrop

Work & commute in Winthrop, MA

Most working residents leave Winthrop for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (42%), Cambridge (5%) and Revere (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

967 of 9,262 working residents

Typical commute

5 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 8,295 Winthrop residents head out of town to work, 967 work right here, and 2,180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winthrop.

8,295live here, work elsewhere

967live and work here

2,180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winthrop goes to work

Boston4.5 mi away

42%3,866

Winthrop Town (in town)right here

10%967

Cambridge7.7 mi away

5%499

Revere2.5 mi away

2%190

Chelsea3.2 mi away

2%185

Somerville6.7 mi away

2%184

Peabody10.1 mi away

2%148

Woburn11.7 mi away

2%139

Lynn5.9 mi away

1%137

Quincy9 mi away

1%137

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,810

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

How far

How far Winthrop commutes

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

74%

18%

74%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winthrop is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winthrop are

3,147 jobs are based in Winthrop. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winthrop’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winthrop

3,147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Winthrop residents hold

9,262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+23%

Jobs based in Winthrop, 2013 → 2023: 2,562 → 3,147. 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.