Work & commute · Wrentham

Work & commute in Wrentham, MA

Most working residents leave Wrentham for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Franklin Town (5%) and Walpole (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

475 of 6,058 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,583 Wrentham residents head out of town to work, 475 work right here, and 5,571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wrentham.

5,583live here, work elsewhere

475live and work here

5,571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wrentham goes to work

Boston26.1 mi away

12%737

Wrentham (in town)right here

8%475

Franklin Town3.5 mi away

5%297

Walpole8.3 mi away

3%169

Foxborough5.7 mi away

3%168

Norwood12.4 mi away

3%167

Norfolk4.6 mi away

3%154

Cambridge25.5 mi away

2%117

North Attleborough Town5.8 mi away

2%117

Worcester27.5 mi away

2%111

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,546

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

How far

How far Wrentham commutes

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

32%

45%

19%

32%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wrentham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wrentham are

6,046 jobs are based in Wrentham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wrentham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wrentham

6,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Wrentham residents hold

6,058 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−5%

Jobs based in Wrentham, 2013 → 2023: 6,339 → 6,046. 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.