Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Fiskdale
Only 6% stay in Fiskdale for work; outside it, Sturbridge is the main destination (16%, 2 miles). Home is the office for 26% of workers, against 19% across Massachusetts. The average commute takes 45 minutes each way; Massachusetts averages 29, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Fiskdale: the gist
Fiskdale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fiskdale trades workers with the towns around it
Fiskdale has about as many jobs (1,236) as working residents (1,191), but they are mostly different people: 1,118 residents leave for work each day while 1,163 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Fiskdale are held by people who 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.
About 45 minutes to work from Fiskdale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fiskdale workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 968 commuters (the 25% 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.
Fiskdale on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,118 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 1,163 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 (1.04 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.
Where the trip to work from Fiskdale ends
Where Fiskdale clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 32% of work in Fiskdale
1,236 jobs are based in Fiskdale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fiskdale, 2013 → 2023: 1,075 → 1,236. 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 Fiskdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Fiskdale works
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.
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 Fiskdale: questions
What is the median household income in Fiskdale?
$112,400 (±$33,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fiskdale?
7.7%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fiskdale?
45 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fiskdale work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sturbridge (16%, 2 mi), Worcester (14%, 18 mi), Southbridge Town (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fiskdale without a car?
0% 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 Fiskdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fiskdale
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.