Work, pay and getting to work in Mansfield Center
2,943 jobs are based in Mansfield Center; 3,705 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Mansfield Center; the top destination outside it is Boston (12%, 24 miles). Working residents average 28 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
Work in Mansfield Center, in a few figures
Miles to work from Mansfield Center
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.
Mansfield Center quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,505 residents head out to work, 200 work right here, and 2,743 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Mansfield Center on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 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 people from Mansfield Center work
Where Mansfield Center clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Mansfield Center is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mansfield Center, 2013 → 2023: 2,496 → 2,943. 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 Mansfield Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, about the MA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mansfield Center workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,111 commuters (the 19% 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.
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 Mansfield Center: questions
What is the median household income in Mansfield Center?
$97,798 (±$14,858) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mansfield Center?
4.1%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mansfield Center?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mansfield Center work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (12%, 24 mi), Mansfield (11%, 0 mi), Foxborough (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mansfield Center without a car?
5% 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 Mansfield Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mansfield Center
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.