Worcester

City Commute Profile

Worcester, MA

Where Worcester’s 89,665 resident workers go each day — 37.2% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Boston.

MassachusettsLODES 2023 data
60
Commute Score

60 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Worcester at a glance
Employed Residents
89,665
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
34.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
37.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Boston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Worcester proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Worcester commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Worcester

89,665 commutes, one dot at a time

Worcester

Where 89,665 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Worcester, by worker count.

1Worcester0.0 mi33,397
2Boston36.9 mi5,129
3Marlborough14.2 mi2,938
4Framingham19.6 mi2,667
5Cambridge36.2 mi940
6Leominster18.1 mi940
7Waltham30.0 mi752
8Springfield39.7 mi643

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Worcester.

1Worcester0.0 mi33,397
2Boston36.9 mi1,616
3Southbridge Town18.0 mi1,217
4Webster15.6 mi1,202
5Leominster18.1 mi1,142
6Fitchburg21.3 mi1,097
7Springfield39.7 mi1,004
8Marlborough14.2 mi962

Top industries

The sectors that employ Worcester’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance31.2%
EDEducational Services17.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.6%
RTRetail Trade6.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.3%
FIFinance and Insurance4.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.5%
MFManufacturing4.1%
PAPublic Administration3.2%

Worcester city profile

Who lives in Worcester — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
207,055
Median age
33.9yrs
Median household income
$70,102
Median home value
$374,400
Median gross rent
$1,487/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.2%
Poverty rate
19.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Worcester

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps5%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Worcester

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).