Work means Nantucket for about half of Siasconset’s working residents
5% of workers work from home, where Massachusetts as a whole has 19%. Only 3% work in Siasconset itself; outside it, Nantucket draws the most (46%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 9 minutes (Massachusetts 29, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Siasconset on a workday
On a workday 128 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Siasconset on a workday afternoon, 67% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Siasconset’s workers come from
Where Siasconset clocks in
46% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Siasconset
268 jobs are based in Siasconset.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Siasconset, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 268. 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 Siasconset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Siasconset: about 9 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Siasconset workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 5% 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 commute from Siasconset, by distance
About 42% 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.
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 Siasconset: questions
What is the poverty rate in Siasconset?
37.4%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Siasconset?
9 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Siasconset work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Siasconset 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 Siasconset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Siasconset
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.