Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Popponesset has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 28% of workers, the job is at home, where Massachusetts as a whole has 19%. 12 jobs are based in Popponesset; 79 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Popponesset itself; outside it, Mashpee draws the most (29%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Popponesset on a workday afternoon
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Popponesset on a workday afternoon, 12% 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 Popponesset goes to work
Where Popponesset clocks in
29% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
What Popponesset’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Popponesset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Popponesset
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Popponesset workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 270 commuters (the 28% 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.
Where in the region Popponesset works
About 29% 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.
The towns around Popponesset
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Popponesset workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popponesset | – | — | — | 29 min | $102,357 |
| New Seabury | under 3% | — | — | 52 min | — |
| Popponesset Island | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Seabury and Popponesset Island: 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 Popponesset’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 Popponesset: questions
What is the median household income in Popponesset?
$102,357 (±$53,794) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Popponesset?
7.1%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Popponesset?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Popponesset work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mashpee (29%, 3 mi), Falmouth (8%, 7 mi), Barnstable Town (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Popponesset without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Popponesset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Popponesset
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.