Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Hingham’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 47.9 in Boston. Below the poverty line: 4.3% of residents; Massachusetts has 10.0%. Hingham grades A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hingham, in brief
A lot of Hingham works from home
33% of Hingham workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Hingham works in Boston
3,551 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Boston, 10 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Hingham itself. The commute map ↓
Hingham workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Hingham workers earn over $40,000 a year
77% of Hingham’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. The jobs ↓
Hingham has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hingham went from 11,088 in 2013 to 15,182 in 2023, +37%. 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.
Inside Hingham’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($178,390, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.4%, 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, Hingham could be anywhere from A to A+.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Hingham
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hingham workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,020 commuters (the 33% 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.
34% of working residents work in Boston
Where Hingham clocks in
34% of workers
4% 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.
66% of the jobs in Hingham pay over $3,333 a month
15,182 jobs are based in Hingham.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hingham, 2013 → 2023: 11,088 → 15,182. 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 Hingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Hingham for work, and who comes in
On a workday 9,042 residents head out to work, 1,376 work right here, and 13,806 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29,000 people are in Hingham on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hingham
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.
Hingham is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hingham is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #43 of 283 in Massachusetts. Both inputs place Hingham near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,495 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 52% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 5.1% of Hingham households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 17% of Hingham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hingham is 40th of 1,642 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hopkinton MA | 19,866 | $223K | 2.5% | 2.3% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 39 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 40 | Hingham MA | 24,481 | $178K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 13% | A+ |
| 41 | Solon OH | 23,679 | $139K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 14% | A+ |
| 42 | Reading MA | 25,803 | $166K | 3.2% | 3.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Sharon MA | 18,798 | $192K | 3.8% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Marblehead MA | 20,583 | $182K | 4.4% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Hingham, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
The towns around Hingham
The biggest share goes to Weymouth Town (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hingham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hingham | – | A+ | A+ | 36 min | $178,390 |
| Hull | under 2% | A− | A+ | 33 min | $115,485 |
| Weymouth Town | 3% | A− | A | 35 min | $102,714 |
| Cohasset | 1% | A | A− | 37 min | $199,306 |
| Norwell | 2% | A+ | B+ | 35 min | $188,699 |
| Scituate | under 2% | A | A | 38 min | $136,732 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hingham’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 Hingham: questions
What is the median household income in Hingham?
$178,390 (±$14,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hingham?
4.3%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hingham?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hingham work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (34%, 10 mi), Cambridge (4%, 16 mi), Quincy (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hingham walkable?
Hingham is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hingham without a car?
17% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hingham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hingham
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.