Work & commute · Woburn

Work & commute in Woburn, MA

Most working residents leave Woburn for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (17%), Cambridge (7%) and Burlington (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

3,044 of 20,774 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,730 Woburn residents head out of town to work, 3,044 work right here, and 38,384 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woburn.

17,730live here, work elsewhere

3,044live and work here

38,384work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woburn goes to work

Boston13 mi away

17%3,623

Woburn (in town)right here

15%3,044

Cambridge8 mi away

7%1,421

Burlington2.6 mi away

5%1,002

Waltham8.2 mi away

3%703

Lexington4.9 mi away

3%555

Winchester2.5 mi away

2%504

Wilmington5.3 mi away

2%501

Medford5 mi away

2%364

Somerville7.3 mi away

2%361

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%8,696

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

How far

How far Woburn commutes

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

62%

30%

62%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woburn is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woburn are

41,428 jobs are based in Woburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woburn

41,428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Woburn residents hold

20,774 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+4%

Jobs based in Woburn, 2013 → 2023: 39,745 → 41,428. 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.