Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Revere has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For 9% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Massachusetts as a whole. There are 9,304 jobs in Revere; 26,062 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Revere B; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Revere apart
Much of Revere works one town over
46% of working residents work in a town that borders Revere: Boston (39%), Chelsea (3%) and Lynn (2%). Next door ↓
Most Revere residents work close to home
74% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 3% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Revere’s working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 34 minutes, longer than the Massachusetts average of 29. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Revere’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Revere is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #223 of 283 in Massachusetts. Job access by car holds Revere’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Revere could be anywhere from B− to B+.
How far it is to work from Revere
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.
About 34 minutes each way for Revere’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Revere workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28,487 commuters (the 9% 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 daily flow of workers through Revere
On a workday 24,292 residents head out to work, 1,770 work right here, and 7,534 people come in from elsewhere.
About 43,000 people are in Revere on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
39% of working residents work in Boston
Where Revere clocks in
39% 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 Revere’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Revere, 2014 → 2024: 8,227 → 9,304. 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 Revere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Revere is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Revere is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #13 of 283 in Massachusetts. Both inputs place Revere near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 31,357 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, 62% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 19.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 18.4% of Revere households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 24% of Revere’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 42,000 to 81,000, Revere ranks 453rd of 737 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Arlington MA | 46,563 | $151K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Billerica MA | 42,632 | $148K | 5.4% | 3.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Brookline MA | 63,414 | $142K | 8.7% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 451 | Smyrna TN | 63,321 | $82K | 12.5% | 5.0% | 14% | B |
| 452 | Maricopa AZ | 78,362 | $96K | 7.4% | 5.0% | 8% | B |
| 453 | Revere MA | 60,141 | $87K | 11.5% | 7.0% | 7% | B |
| 454 | Everett MA | 53,572 | $85K | 14.7% | 5.5% | 7% | B |
| 455 | Summerville SC | 53,177 | $81K | 10.1% | 4.9% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 737 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Revere, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Work next door: 46% of Revere’s workers
The biggest share goes to Boston (39%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Revere workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revere | – | B | A+ | 34 min | $86,969 |
| Saugus | under 2% | A | A | 30 min | $101,539 |
| Chelsea | 3% | C+ | A+ | 33 min | $72,179 |
| Boston | 39% | B | A+ | 30 min | $97,344 |
| Winthrop Town | under 2% | A− | A+ | 35 min | $116,167 |
| Nahant | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 32 min | $112,762 |
| Lynn | 2% | B | A+ | 32 min | $75,043 |
| Everett | 2% | B | A+ | 35 min | $85,218 |
| Malden | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 34 min | $100,606 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Revere’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 Revere: questions
What is the median household income in Revere?
$86,969 (±$10,489) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Revere?
11.5%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Revere?
34 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Revere work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (39%, 6 mi), Cambridge (6%, 7 mi), Chelsea (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Revere walkable?
Revere is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.4 out of 20, and 26% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Revere without a car?
24% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 62% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Revere, from the people who make the trip.
More of Revere
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. 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.