Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Mansfield are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 5.3 in New Bedford. Poverty touches 4.7% of residents (Massachusetts 10.0%). Jobs and income earn Mansfield A; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mansfield stands out on work
Mansfield trades workers with the towns around it
Mansfield has about as many jobs (12,261) as working residents (10,956), but they are mostly different people: 9,839 residents leave for work each day while 11,144 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Mansfield are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Mansfield draws workers from far and wide
The 12,261 jobs in Mansfield are filled from a wide area. Mansfield’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Mansfield’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mansfield is Boston, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (1,331) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Most jobs in Mansfield pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Mansfield 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mansfield
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mansfield is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #62 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income is its strongest input ($125,273, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, 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, Mansfield could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in Mansfield by day
On a workday 9,839 residents head out to work, 1,117 work right here, and 11,144 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 (1.12 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.
12% of working residents work in Boston
Where Mansfield clocks in
12% of workers
3% 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.
How far Mansfield’s workers travel
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.
72% of the jobs in Mansfield pay over $3,333 a month
12,261 jobs are based in Mansfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mansfield, 2013 → 2023: 11,463 → 12,261. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Mansfield takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mansfield workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,262 commuters (the 20% 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.
Mansfield is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mansfield is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #112 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 7.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,831 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 22% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 3.5% of Mansfield households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Mansfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Mansfield is 202nd among 1,642 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Hingham MA | 24,481 | $178K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Reading MA | 25,803 | $166K | 3.2% | 3.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 200 | South Elgin IL | 25,656 | $127K | 6.4% | 3.1% | 4% | A |
| 201 | McCandless Township PA | 28,439 | $111K | 3.9% | 3.1% | 10% | A |
| 202 | Mansfield MA | 24,236 | $125K | 4.7% | 3.4% | 10% | A |
| 203 | Salem NH | 31,868 | $110K | 5.0% | 2.8% | 17% | A |
| 204 | Warwick Township PA | 19,533 | $104K | 4.9% | 2.2% | 8% | 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 Mansfield, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Next door to Mansfield
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Mansfield’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 Mansfield: questions
What is the median household income in Mansfield?
$125,273 (±$15,179) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mansfield?
4.7%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mansfield?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mansfield work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (12%, 24 mi), Foxborough (3%, 3 mi), Brockton (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mansfield walkable?
Mansfield is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mansfield without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mansfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mansfield
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.