Photo: en:User:LymanSchool (Richard B. Johnson) · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Groveland have higher incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Groveland itself; outside it, Boston draws the most (11%, 29 miles). Below the poverty line: 3.2% of residents, against 10.0% across Massachusetts. The two grades for Groveland are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Groveland, in a few figures
Groveland makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Groveland are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Groveland residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Groveland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Groveland is Boston, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (341) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Most jobs in Groveland pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Groveland pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Groveland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Groveland is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #104 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income holds Groveland’s grade up ($141,487, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, 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, Groveland could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Factories, building and farms: 51% of the jobs in Groveland
1,070 jobs are based in Groveland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Groveland, 2014 → 2024: 1,206 → 1,070. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Groveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Groveland’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Groveland quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,031 residents head out to work, 174 work right here, and 896 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Groveland on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.33 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Groveland goes to work
Where Groveland clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Groveland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Groveland workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,869 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 Groveland, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Groveland is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #272 of 283 in Massachusetts. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 14.1% across Massachusetts.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,683 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 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 0.8% of Groveland households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Groveland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Groveland is 543rd of 3,164 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Lincoln MA | 6,925 | $175K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Georgetown MA | 8,577 | $152K | 3.8% | 1.7% | 8% | A+ |
| 87 | Hopedale MA | 6,066 | $116K | 2.9% | 1.6% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 541 | Leonia NJ | 9,441 | $130K | 4.3% | 6.0% | 4% | A |
| 542 | Mount Horeb WI | 7,725 | $108K | 2.8% | 3.6% | 14% | A |
| 543 | Groveland MA | 7,102 | $141K | 3.2% | 5.0% | 5% | A |
| 544 | Westminster MA | 8,807 | $106K | 2.3% | 3.1% | 8% | A |
| 545 | Bealeton VA | 5,034 | $108K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Groveland, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Groveland and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Haverhill (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Groveland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groveland | – | A | C− | 33 min | $141,487 |
| Haverhill | 6% | B | A | 27 min | $88,326 |
| Georgetown | 3% | A+ | C+ | 34 min | $151,595 |
| West Newbury | under 3% | A+ | C− | 31 min | $179,500 |
| Boxford | under 3% | A+ | B− | 31 min | $200,871 |
| Newbury | under 3% | A | C+ | 24 min | $174,868 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Groveland’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 2024, 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 Groveland: questions
What is the median household income in Groveland?
$141,487 (±$11,528) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Groveland?
3.2%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Groveland?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Groveland work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (11%, 29 mi), Haverhill (6%, 4 mi), Danvers (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Groveland walkable?
Groveland is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Groveland without a car?
0% 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 Groveland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Groveland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.