Monument Beach has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, next to 19% for Massachusetts as a whole. There are 377 jobs in Monument Beach, against 1,067 working residents. Only 2% work in Monument Beach; the top destination outside it is Bourne (19%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Monument Beach stands out on work
The kinds of work in Monument Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monument Beach, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 377. 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 Monument Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Monument Beach by day and by night
On a workday 1,043 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Monument Beach on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where the trip to work from Monument Beach ends
Where Monument Beach clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
The daily trip from Monument Beach: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monument Beach workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,465 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Monument Beach
About 15% 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 in the towns next to Monument Beach
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monument Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Beach | – | — | — | 27 min | $77,167 |
| Pocasset | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pocasset: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monument Beach’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 Monument Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Monument Beach?
$77,167 (±$14,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monument Beach?
6.2%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monument Beach?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monument Beach work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bourne (19%, 0 mi), Falmouth (11%, 9 mi), Barnstable Town (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monument Beach without a car?
1% 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 Monument Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monument Beach
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.