Work & commute · Yarmouth

Work & commute in Yarmouth, MA

Most working residents leave Yarmouth for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Barnstable Town (23%), Dennis (7%) and Boston (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

1,879 of 10,272 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,393 Yarmouth residents head out of town to work, 1,879 work right here, and 5,153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yarmouth.

8,393live here, work elsewhere

1,879live and work here

5,153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yarmouth goes to work

Barnstable Town6.8 mi away

23%2,343

Yarmouth (in town)right here

18%1,879

Dennis3.8 mi away

7%746

Boston60.8 mi away

6%612

Harwich8.2 mi away

5%470

Chatham13.3 mi away

3%295

Orleans14.8 mi away

2%228

Brewster9.7 mi away

2%210

Sandwich13.7 mi away

2%167

Falmouth20.1 mi away

2%159

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%3,163

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

How far

How far Yarmouth commutes

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

53%

14%

26%

53%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yarmouth is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Yarmouth are

7,032 jobs are based in Yarmouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yarmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yarmouth

7,032 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Yarmouth residents hold

10,272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+6%

Jobs based in Yarmouth, 2013 → 2023: 6,603 → 7,032. 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.