Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Where New Seabury earns its living
33% of workers work from home (Massachusetts 19%). Only 5% stay in New Seabury for work; outside it, Mashpee is the main destination (22%, 3 miles). The average commute takes 52 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: New Seabury in brief
New Seabury workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 52 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 399 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of New Seabury works from home
33% of New Seabury workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. 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 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Each way, about 52 minutes from New Seabury
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Seabury workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 172 commuters (the 33% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of New Seabury
On a workday 267 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in New Seabury on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
Commuting out of New Seabury: the destinations
Where New Seabury clocks in
22% of workers
17% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in New Seabury
206 jobs are based in New Seabury.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Seabury, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 206. 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 New Seabury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from New Seabury, by distance
About 24% 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.
Around New Seabury: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Seabury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Seabury | – | — | — | 52 min | $212,750 |
| Popponesset Island | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Popponesset | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Popponesset Island and Popponesset: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Seabury’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 New Seabury: questions
What is the median household income in New Seabury?
$212,750 (±$69,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Seabury?
0.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Seabury?
52 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Seabury work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mashpee (22%, 3 mi), Falmouth (17%, 6 mi), Barnstable Town (11%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Seabury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Seabury, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Seabury
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.