Photo: MarinelaK · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Aquinnah, and the trip to work
The average commute takes 20 minutes each way, where Massachusetts has 29 and the U.S. 26. 52% of workers have no commute at all; Massachusetts has 19%. Only 7% stay in Aquinnah for work; outside it, West Tisbury is the main destination (16%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Aquinnah by day
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Aquinnah’s residents
Where Aquinnah clocks in
16% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
111 jobs are based in Aquinnah.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aquinnah, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 111. 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 Aquinnah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Aquinnah
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aquinnah workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 commuters (the 52% 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 distance from Aquinnah to work
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
How Aquinnah compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Chilmark. Darker towns draw more of Aquinnah’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 Aquinnah: questions
What is the median household income in Aquinnah?
$146,354 (±$68,921) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aquinnah?
5.4%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aquinnah?
20 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 52% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aquinnah work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Tisbury (16%, 10 mi), Tisbury (13%, 14 mi), Oak Bluffs (10%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Aquinnah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aquinnah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aquinnah
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.