Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Medway’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 94% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #40 of 283 in Massachusetts.
Walkability B: more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns · #178 of 283 in Massachusetts.
Working residents average 30 minutes each way (Massachusetts 29, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Medway; the top destination outside it is Boston (13%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Medway, in brief
What’s behind Medway’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Medway is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #40 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income is its strongest input ($173,750, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, 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, Medway could be anywhere from A to A+.
Half of Medway commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Medway quiets down on a workday
On a workday 5,840 residents head out to work, 612 work right here, and 3,550 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Medway on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Boston
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Medway clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 4,162 jobs in Medway are
4,162 jobs are based in Medway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Medway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medway, 2013 → 2023: 3,312 → 4,162. 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.
About 30 minutes each way, about the MA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medway workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,052 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Medway start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Medway is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #178 of 283 in Massachusetts. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 14.1% across Massachusetts.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,627 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 29% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 5.0% of Medway households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Medway’s commuters take a bus or train.
Medway is 208th of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Medway, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Weston MA | 11,729 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Superior CO | 13,637 | $159K | 3.2% | 3.7% | 4% | A |
| 207 | Massapequa Park NY | 16,997 | $172K | 3.1% | 4.6% | 5% | A |
| 208 | Medway MA | 13,804 | $174K | 3.3% | 3.8% | 9% | A |
| 209 | Upper Providence Township PA | 10,861 | $151K | 1.8% | 4.5% | 4% | A |
| 210 | Worthington OH | 14,543 | $127K | 3.2% | 3.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | 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.
Medway and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Franklin Town (3%). Darker towns draw more of Medway’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medway workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway | – | A | B | 30 min | $173,750 |
| Franklin Town | 3% | A− | A− | 33 min | $145,773 |
| Bellingham | under 3% | A− | B | 36 min | $125,307 |
| Norfolk | under 3% | A | B+ | 36 min | $200,720 |
| Holliston | 3% | A | B− | 34 min | $159,817 |
| Millis | under 3% | A | B− | 31 min | $155,996 |
| Milford | 3% | B+ | B+ | 37 min | $96,365 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Medway: questions
What is the median household income in Medway?
$173,750 (±$18,469) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Medway?
3.3%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medway?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Medway work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (13%, 25 mi), Framingham (5%, 10 mi), Natick (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Medway walkable?
Medway is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Medway without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Medway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medway
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.