Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Acushnet Center has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
A typical one-way commute from Acushnet Center lasts 25 minutes (Massachusetts 29, U.S. 26). Acushnet Center has 484 jobs; 1,506 of its residents have a job. For 13% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Massachusetts as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Acushnet Center: the gist
Acushnet Center and New Bedford trade workers both ways
New Bedford is the top workplace for Acushnet Center residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Acushnet Center come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Acushnet Center
66% of Acushnet Center residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Acushnet Center pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Acushnet Center empties out on a workday
About 1,800 people are in Acushnet Center on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than the 2,800 who live here: 1,500 head out to work and 460 come in. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Acushnet Center are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Acushnet Center’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
21% of working residents work in New Bedford
Where Acushnet Center clocks in
21% of workers
10% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Acushnet Center
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Acushnet Center, 2013 → 2023: 375 → 484. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acushnet Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Acushnet Center by day and by night
On a workday 1,480 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 458 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Acushnet Center on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Acushnet Center
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Acushnet Center workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,117 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Acushnet Center, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door is work for 21% of Acushnet Center
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Acushnet Center workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acushnet Center | – | — | — | 25 min | $71,864 |
| New Bedford | 21% | C− | A | 25 min | $56,981 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Bedford. Darker towns draw more of Acushnet Center’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Acushnet Center: questions
What is the median household income in Acushnet Center?
$71,864 (±$18,594) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Acushnet Center?
10.1%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Acushnet Center?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Acushnet Center work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bedford (21%, 2 mi), Fairhaven (10%, 4 mi), Dartmouth (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Acushnet Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Acushnet Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Acushnet Center
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.