Photo: T.S. Custadio aka ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Mashpee earn more than those in 73% of U.S. towns
5.5% of residents live below the poverty line (Massachusetts 10.0%). For jobs and income Mashpee is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (B). About one in five work in Mashpee; the top destination outside it is Barnstable Town (18%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mashpee and work: the main findings
A lot of Mashpee works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Mashpee: Barnstable Town (18%), Falmouth (13%) and Sandwich (5%). Next door ↓
Mashpee’s workforce skews older
37% of Mashpee’s working residents are 55 or older. 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 Mashpee earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Mashpee’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mashpee could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
What work there is in Mashpee: 4,672 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mashpee, 2013 → 2023: 3,916 → 4,672. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Mashpee, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,861 residents head out to work, 1,111 work right here, and 3,561 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 (0.78 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.
The towns that employ Mashpee’s residents
Where Mashpee clocks in
18% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
Mashpee’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mashpee workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,328 commuters (the 14% 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.
Mashpee’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
The commute in Mashpee is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,401 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 5.2% of Mashpee households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mashpee’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Mashpee ranks: 1,099th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 13 | Weston MA | 11,729 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,097 | Maple Shade Township NJ | 20,556 | $79K | 13.2% | 4.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,098 | Lebanon IN | 17,913 | $65K | 7.9% | 3.7% | 24% | B |
| 1,099 | Mashpee MA | 15,468 | $95K | 5.5% | 4.7% | 19% | B |
| 1,100 | Antwerp Township MI | 13,832 | $80K | 8.9% | 3.6% | 16% | B |
| 1,101 | Lower Pottsgrove Township PA | 12,892 | $94K | 11.8% | 5.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Mashpee, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Bordering towns draw 36% of Mashpee’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mashpee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mashpee | – | B | B | 27 min | $95,299 |
| Barnstable Town | 18% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $91,982 |
| Falmouth | 13% | C+ | A− | 24 min | $93,043 |
| Sandwich | 5% | A− | B+ | 28 min | $122,486 |
| Forestdale | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Forestdale: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Barnstable Town. Darker towns draw more of Mashpee’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: questions
What is the median household income in Mashpee?
$95,299 (±$12,932) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mashpee?
5.5%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mashpee?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mashpee work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barnstable Town (18%, 8 mi), Falmouth (13%, 6 mi), Boston (6%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mashpee walkable?
Mashpee is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mashpee without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mashpee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mashpee
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.