Littleton Common at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 4% stay in Littleton Common for work; outside it, Boston is the main destination (15%, 27 miles). 12% of workers work from home (Massachusetts 19%). Working residents average 35 minutes each way; Massachusetts averages 29, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Littleton Common stands out on work
Littleton Common trades workers with the towns around it
Littleton Common has about as many jobs (1,460) as working residents (1,623), but they are mostly different people: 1,551 residents leave for work each day while 1,388 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Littleton Common are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Littleton Common than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Littleton Common fell from 4,037 in 2014 to 1,460 in 2024, −64%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Littleton Common’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Littleton Common is Boston, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (243) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Littleton Common workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Littleton Common workers earn over $40,000 a year
78% of Littleton Common’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 ↓
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.
The daily flow of workers through Littleton Common
On a workday 1,551 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 1,388 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 (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
69% of the jobs in Littleton Common pay over $3,333 a month
1,460 jobs are based in Littleton Common.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Littleton Common, 2014 → 2024: 4,037 → 1,460. 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 Littleton Common’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Littleton Common to work
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.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Littleton Common workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,467 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where the trip to work from Littleton Common ends
Where Littleton Common clocks in
15% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
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 Littleton Common: questions
What is the median household income in Littleton Common?
$135,074 (±$41,396) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Littleton Common?
1.2%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Littleton Common?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Littleton Common work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (15%, 27 mi), Littleton (8%, 1 mi), Cambridge (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Littleton Common without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Littleton Common, from the people who make the trip.
More of Littleton Common
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.