Photo: Fletcher6 · CC BY-SA 3.0Nahant has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Nahant report 370 jobs, against 1,623 working residents. For jobs and income Nahant is better than 72% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (A+). Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Nahant apart on work
A lot of Nahant works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Nahant: Boston (26%) and Lynn (10%). Next door ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Nahant’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 32 minutes, longer than the Massachusetts average of 29. Time on the road ↓
Nahant is a place people come home to
There are 370 jobs based in Nahant, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nahant has about 2,100 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Nahant residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Nahant
74% of Nahant residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 56% of the jobs based in Nahant pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. 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.
Where Nahant’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Nahant’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nahant could be anywhere from B− to A+.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Nahant
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nahant workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,369 commuters (the 19% 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.
Who commutes out of Nahant, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,510 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 257 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Nahant on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
How far it is to work from Nahant
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.
Nahant is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nahant, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 370. 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 Nahant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
26% of working residents work in Boston
Where Nahant clocks in
26% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Nahant is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,684 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 2.1% of Nahant households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Nahant’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nahant is 1,185th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Princeton MA | 3,618 | $159K | 4.2% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 267 | Millville MA | 3,186 | $127K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 277 | Sherborn MA | 4,455 | $250K | 3.1% | 4.6% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,183 | Eglin AFB FL | 2,778 | $84K | 2.7% | 2.7% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,184 | Logan Township IL | 3,205 | $73K | 6.2% | 2.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,185 | Nahant MA | 3,331 | $113K | 8.9% | 5.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,186 | Hickory Township PA | 2,304 | $74K | 6.2% | 2.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,187 | El Verano CA | 3,443 | $124K | 3.1% | 6.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Nahant, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
36% of Nahant works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Boston (26%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nahant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nahant | – | B+ | A+ | 32 min | $112,762 |
| Lynn | 10% | B | A+ | 32 min | $75,043 |
| Revere | under 2% | B | A+ | 34 min | $86,969 |
| Winthrop Town | under 2% | A− | A+ | 35 min | $116,167 |
| Boston | 26% | B | A+ | 30 min | $97,344 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nahant’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 Nahant: questions
What is the median household income in Nahant?
$112,762 (±$6,430) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nahant?
8.9%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nahant?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nahant work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (26%, 8 mi), Lynn (10%, 5 mi), Cambridge (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nahant walkable?
Nahant is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nahant without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nahant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nahant
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.