Photo: T.S. Custadio aka ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Lakeville’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 4.0% of residents, where Massachusetts as a whole has 10.0%. For jobs and income Lakeville is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 8% work in Lakeville; the top destination outside it is Boston (12%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lakeville, in a few figures
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lakeville
Household income is its strongest input ($133,984, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, 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, Lakeville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Lakeville’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.
A workday in Lakeville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,406 residents head out to work, 451 work right here, and 2,565 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,600 people are in Lakeville on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.51 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.
The towns that employ Lakeville’s residents
Where Lakeville clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
The 3,016 jobs based in Lakeville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeville, 2014 → 2024: 3,066 → 3,016. 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 Lakeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Lakeville: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeville workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,843 commuters (the 15% 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.
Most of Lakeville commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,887 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 1.6% of Lakeville households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lakeville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lakeville places 391st of 2,354 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Weston MA | 11,729 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 389 | Waipio HI | 10,870 | $110K | 5.7% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 390 | Scott Township IN | 10,740 | $107K | 3.9% | 2.3% | 7% | A |
| 391 | Lakeville MA | 12,430 | $134K | 4.0% | 3.7% | 8% | A |
| 392 | Metuchen NJ | 15,363 | $158K | 3.6% | 5.8% | 7% | A |
| 393 | Monroe OH | 15,880 | $105K | 4.5% | 3.2% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Lakeville, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Work next door: 11% of Lakeville’s workers
The biggest share goes to Middleborough (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakeville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeville | – | A | B+ | 33 min | $133,984 |
| Middleborough | 6% | B+ | B | 31 min | $97,056 |
| Taunton | 5% | B− | A− | 29 min | $79,283 |
| Freetown | under 2% | A | C+ | 32 min | $143,884 |
| Middleborough Center | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Middleborough Center: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lakeville’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 Lakeville: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeville?
$133,984 (±$10,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeville?
4.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (12%, 35 mi), Middleborough (6%, 5 mi), Taunton (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lakeville walkable?
Lakeville is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakeville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeville
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.