Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Ocean Grove works elsewhere
Only 1% work in Ocean Grove itself; outside it, Fall River draws the most (15%, 6 miles). Ocean Grove has 279 jobs, and 1,519 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 20 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
Ocean Grove at work: what stands out
Commutes from Ocean Grove are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 29 across Massachusetts. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Massachusetts worker. Time on the road ↓
Ocean Grove is a place people come home to
There are 279 jobs based in Ocean Grove, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ocean Grove has about 2,200 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Ocean Grove workers cross into Rhode Island
18% of Ocean Grove workers work outside Massachusetts, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Providence (4%), East Providence (3%) and Warwick (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Ocean Grove and Fall River trade workers both ways
Fall River is the top workplace for Ocean Grove residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Ocean Grove come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Massachusetts
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocean Grove workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,630 commuters (the 13% 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 leaves Ocean Grove for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,502 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Ocean Grove on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting out of Ocean Grove: the destinations
Where Ocean Grove clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Ocean Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocean Grove, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 279. 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 Ocean Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Ocean Grove commutes less than 14 miles
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.
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 Ocean Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Ocean Grove?
$118,696 (±$38,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocean Grove?
0.5%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocean Grove?
20 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocean Grove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fall River (15%, 6 mi), Swansea (9%, 2 mi), Boston (8%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ocean Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocean Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocean Grove
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.