Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Cordaville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any work in Cordaville; the top destination outside it is Boston (14%, 26 miles). There are 376 jobs in Cordaville; 1,244 of its residents have a job. At home: 32% of workers have no commute at all (Massachusetts 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Cordaville in brief
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
80% of Cordaville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 78% of the jobs based in Cordaville. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Cordaville
32% of Cordaville workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
Cordaville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cordaville is Boston, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (177) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Cordaville is a place people come home to
There are 376 jobs based in Cordaville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cordaville has about 2,100 people in it, 29% 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.
78% of the jobs in Cordaville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cordaville, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 376. 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 Cordaville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cordaville workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,096 commuters (the 32% 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 Cordaville goes to work
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.
Cordaville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,241 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Cordaville on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where Cordaville goes to work
Where Cordaville clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
Cordaville and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Westborough (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cordaville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordaville | – | — | — | 32 min | $165,375 |
| Hopkinton | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 36 min | $222,801 |
| Ashland | under 3% | A | A− | 37 min | $127,539 |
| Westborough | 2% | A | A− | 29 min | $141,944 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cordaville’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 Cordaville: questions
What is the median household income in Cordaville?
$165,375 (±$41,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cordaville?
2.4%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cordaville?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cordaville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (14%, 26 mi), Southborough (9%, 2 mi), Framingham (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cordaville without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cordaville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cordaville
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.