Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Acushnet has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For 10% of workers, the job is at home, where Massachusetts as a whole has 19%. Employers in Acushnet report 1,502 jobs; 5,083 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Acushnet are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Acushnet: the figures worth knowing
Acushnet and New Bedford trade workers both ways
New Bedford is the top workplace for Acushnet residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Acushnet come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Acushnet makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Acushnet are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Acushnet residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Acushnet has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Acushnet went from 1,030 in 2013 to 1,502 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
Acushnet is a place people come home to
There are 1,502 jobs based in Acushnet, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Acushnet has about 7,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Acushnet’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Acushnet is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #151 of 283 in Massachusetts. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Acushnet’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Acushnet could be anywhere from B to A+.
22% of working residents work in New Bedford
Where Acushnet clocks in
22% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 42% of work in Acushnet
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Acushnet, 2013 → 2023: 1,030 → 1,502. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Acushnet, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,719 residents head out to work, 364 work right here, and 1,138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Acushnet on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
How long Acushnet spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Acushnet workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,684 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far Acushnet’s workers travel
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.
Getting around Acushnet: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Acushnet is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #240 of 283 in Massachusetts. Both inputs place Acushnet near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,219 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 9% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Acushnet households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Acushnet’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Acushnet ranks 715th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 23 | Weston MA | 11,729 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 31 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Georgetown MA | 8,577 | $152K | 3.8% | 1.7% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 713 | Myrtle Grove NC | 12,637 | $113K | 6.2% | 3.1% | 6% | A− |
| 714 | La Plata MD | 12,137 | $121K | 6.6% | 3.4% | 13% | A− |
| 715 | Acushnet MA | 10,800 | $90K | 6.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A− |
| 716 | East Norriton Township PA | 14,249 | $99K | 5.8% | 5.1% | 6% | A− |
| 717 | Forestville OH | 10,831 | $98K | 4.5% | 4.3% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Acushnet, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
The towns next door employ 32% of Acushnet
The biggest share goes to New Bedford (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Acushnet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acushnet | – | A− | C+ | 28 min | $89,503 |
| Freetown | 2% | A | C+ | 32 min | $143,884 |
| New Bedford | 22% | C− | A | 25 min | $56,981 |
| Fairhaven | 8% | B | A− | 29 min | $95,965 |
| Rochester | under 2% | A− | C− | 37 min | $120,273 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Acushnet’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: questions
What is the median household income in Acushnet?
$89,503 (±$8,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Acushnet?
6.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Acushnet?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Acushnet work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bedford (22%, 4 mi), Fairhaven (8%, 6 mi), Dartmouth (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Acushnet walkable?
Acushnet is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Acushnet without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Acushnet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Acushnet
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.