Photo: Fletcher6 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Boxford earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
3.1% of residents live below the poverty line (Massachusetts 10.0%). The two grades for Boxford are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 8% stay in Boxford for work; outside it, Boston is the main destination (12%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Boxford: the figures worth knowing
Why Boxford gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Boxford is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #20 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income is its strongest input ($200,871, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boxford could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Boxford’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Boxford on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,992 residents head out to work, 246 work right here, and 963 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Boxford on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Boxford goes to work
Where Boxford clocks in
12% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 health care, schools and offices in Boxford
1,209 jobs are based in Boxford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boxford, 2013 → 2023: 1,016 → 1,209. 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 Boxford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Boxford’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boxford workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,241 commuters (the 22% 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.
In Boxford, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boxford is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #232 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,132 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 1.3% of Boxford households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Boxford’s commuters take a bus or train.
Boxford next to U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,500: 162nd of 2,922 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Lincoln MA | 6,925 | $175K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Georgetown MA | 8,577 | $152K | 3.8% | 1.7% | 8% | A+ |
| 88 | Hopedale MA | 6,066 | $116K | 2.9% | 1.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 160 | North Kensington MD | 8,954 | $135K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 161 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 162 | Boxford MA | 8,520 | $201K | 3.1% | 3.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 163 | New Hanover Township NJ | 6,237 | $107K | 2.6% | 5.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 164 | Evergreen CO | 8,602 | $150K | 3.3% | 1.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,922 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Boxford, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Boxford and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to North Andover (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boxford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boxford | – | A+ | B− | 31 min | $200,871 |
| Topsfield | under 3% | A+ | A− | 28 min | $195,718 |
| Middleton | under 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $167,402 |
| North Andover | 3% | A | A− | 32 min | $140,670 |
| Georgetown | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 34 min | $151,595 |
| Haverhill | under 3% | B | A | 27 min | $88,326 |
| Groveland | under 3% | A | C− | 33 min | $141,487 |
| Rowley | under 3% | A | B− | 28 min | $132,734 |
| Ipswich | under 3% | A | A− | 29 min | $138,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boxford’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 Boxford: questions
What is the median household income in Boxford?
$200,871 (±$21,211) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boxford?
3.1%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boxford?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boxford work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (12%, 24 mi), Danvers (4%, 9 mi), Peabody (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boxford walkable?
Boxford is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boxford without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boxford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boxford
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.