Photo: Wwoods · CC BY-SA 3.0Cohasset’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 90% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #78 of 283 in Massachusetts.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns · #108 of 283 in Massachusetts.
Working residents average 37 minutes each way (Massachusetts 29, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Cohasset; the top destination outside it is Boston (35%, 12 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.4 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 47.9 in Boston (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cohasset, in brief
Cohasset trades workers with the towns around it
Cohasset has about as many jobs (3,220) as working residents (3,556), but they are mostly different people: 3,213 residents leave for work each day while 2,877 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Cohasset are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Cohasset workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Cohasset works in Boston
1,247 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Boston, 12 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Cohasset itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Cohasset
77% of Cohasset residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Cohasset pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Cohasset has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Cohasset went from 2,277 in 2013 to 3,220 in 2023, +41%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Cohasset’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cohasset is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #78 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income holds Cohasset’s grade up ($199,306, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cohasset could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,213 residents head out to work, 343 work right here, and 2,877 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 (0.91 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.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cohasset workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,876 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
35% of working residents work in Boston
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Cohasset clocks in
35% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 3,220 jobs in Cohasset are
3,220 jobs are based in Cohasset. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cohasset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cohasset, 2013 → 2023: 2,277 → 3,220. 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.
Half of Cohasset commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Cohasset is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cohasset is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #108 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,872 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 3.4% of Cohasset households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 16% of Cohasset’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cohasset is 423rd of 2,981 U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,400 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cohasset, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 421 | Campton Hills IL | 10,894 | $209K | 2.9% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 422 | Ball Township IL | 7,588 | $141K | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1% | A |
| 423 | Cohasset MA | 8,461 | $199K | 3.0% | 4.6% | 10% | A |
| 424 | Bushkill Township PA | 8,739 | $121K | 4.1% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| 425 | Los Altos Hills CA | 8,419 | $250K | 7.3% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | 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.
Cohasset and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hingham (5%). Darker towns draw more of Cohasset’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cohasset workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohasset | – | A | A− | 37 min | $199,306 |
| Scituate | 3% | A | A | 38 min | $136,732 |
| Hingham | 5% | A+ | A+ | 36 min | $178,390 |
| Hull | under 2% | A− | A+ | 33 min | $115,485 |
| North Scituate | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Scituate: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Cohasset: questions
What is the median household income in Cohasset?
$199,306 (±$53,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cohasset?
3.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cohasset?
37 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cohasset work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (35%, 12 mi), Hingham (5%, 5 mi), Quincy (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cohasset walkable?
Cohasset is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cohasset without a car?
16% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cohasset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cohasset
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.