With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bliss Corner works elsewhere
Employers in Bliss Corner report 927 jobs, and 2,391 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute from Bliss Corner lasts 22 minutes (Massachusetts 29, U.S. 26). 9% of workers have no commute at all, where Massachusetts as a whole has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bliss Corner
Bliss Corner and New Bedford trade workers both ways
New Bedford is the top workplace for Bliss Corner residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Bliss Corner come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Bliss Corner are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 29 across Massachusetts. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Massachusetts worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bliss Corner
66% of Bliss Corner residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Bliss Corner pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
20% of working residents work in New Bedford
Where Bliss Corner clocks in
20% of workers
17% 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.
From Bliss Corner, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bliss Corner workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,452 commuters (the 9% 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.
What Bliss Corner’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bliss Corner, 2013 → 2023: 902 → 927. 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 Bliss Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bliss Corner by day and by night
On a workday 2,347 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 883 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Bliss Corner on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Bliss Corner’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
Bliss Corner and its neighbors: 20% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bliss Corner workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bliss Corner | – | — | — | 22 min | $75,420 |
| New Bedford | 20% | 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 Bliss Corner’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 Bliss Corner: questions
What is the median household income in Bliss Corner?
$75,420 (±$8,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bliss Corner?
9.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bliss Corner?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bliss Corner work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bedford (20%, 4 mi), Dartmouth (17%, 3 mi), Fall River (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bliss Corner without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bliss Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bliss Corner
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.