Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Mashpee Neck commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
42 jobs are based in Mashpee Neck, and 426 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 23 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; Massachusetts has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mashpee Neck at work: what stands out
Mashpee Neck is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Mashpee Neck, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mashpee Neck has about 520 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mashpee Neck and Barnstable Town trade workers both ways
Barnstable Town is the top workplace for Mashpee Neck residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Mashpee Neck come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Mashpee Neck are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 29 across Massachusetts. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Massachusetts worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 426 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mashpee Neck
On a workday 424 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Mashpee Neck on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
23% of working residents work in Barnstable Town
Where Mashpee Neck clocks in
23% of workers
18% of workers
12% 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Mashpee Neck
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mashpee Neck workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 405 commuters (the 8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Mashpee Neck
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mashpee Neck, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 42. 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 Mashpee Neck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Mashpee Neck commutes less than 10 miles
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Work next door: 23% of Mashpee Neck’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mashpee Neck workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mashpee Neck | – | — | — | 23 min | $92,284 |
| Barnstable Town | 23% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $91,982 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Barnstable Town. Darker towns draw more of Mashpee Neck’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 Mashpee Neck: questions
What is the median household income in Mashpee Neck?
$92,284 (±$31,734) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mashpee Neck?
3.6%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mashpee Neck?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mashpee Neck work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barnstable Town (23%, 7 mi), Mashpee (18%, 1 mi), Falmouth (12%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mashpee Neck without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mashpee Neck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mashpee Neck
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.