Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% work in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock itself; outside it, Marshfield draws the most (13%, 3 miles). There are 339 jobs in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock; 2,303 of its residents have a job. 29% of workers have no commute at all; Massachusetts has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Many jobs in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock pay little
40% of the jobs based in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 40% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
69% of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock is a place people come home to
There are 339 jobs based in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock has about 2,600 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock works from home
29% of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock is Boston, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (261) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, 2014 → 2024: 318 → 339. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,238 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 2024, primary jobs.
From Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,957 commuters (the 29% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Out of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock to work: where people go
Where Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock | – | — | — | 35 min | $119,310 |
| Cedar Crest | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Green Harbor | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Scituate | under 3% | A | A | 38 min | $136,732 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cedar Crest and Green Harbor: 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 Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock’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 2024, 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 Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock?
$119,310 (±$23,716) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock?
5.3%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshfield (13%, 3 mi), Boston (11%, 25 mi), Plymouth (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.