Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Smith Mills draws 4,774 commuters a day, with 2.3 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; the Massachusetts average is 29, the U.S. 26. 4,885 jobs are based in Smith Mills, against 2,124 working residents. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, next to 19% for Massachusetts as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Smith Mills apart
Smith Mills is where the jobs are
Smith Mills has 4,885 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,400 people are in town, 60% more than the 4,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Smith Mills
66% of Smith Mills residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Smith Mills pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Smith Mills and New Bedford trade workers both ways
New Bedford is the top workplace for Smith Mills residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Smith Mills come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Smith Mills are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
37% of the jobs based in Smith Mills are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Smith Mills’ own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
In and out of Smith Mills on a workday
On a workday 2,013 residents head out to work and 111 work right here.
About 7,400 people are in Smith Mills on a workday afternoon, 60% more 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.
The kinds of work in Smith Mills
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Smith Mills, 2013 → 2023: 4,695 → 4,885. 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 Smith Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Smith Mills
Where Smith Mills clocks in
18% of workers
16% of workers
10% 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.
About 28 minutes each way, about the MA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Smith Mills workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,095 commuters (the 6% 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.
Miles to work from Smith Mills
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.
Work next door: 18% of Smith Mills’ workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Smith Mills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Mills | – | — | — | 28 min | $64,818 |
| New Bedford | 18% | C− | A | 25 min | $56,981 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Bedford. Darker towns draw more of Smith Mills’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 Smith Mills: questions
What is the median household income in Smith Mills?
$64,818 (±$28,557) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Smith Mills?
8.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Smith Mills?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Smith Mills work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bedford (18%, 3 mi), Dartmouth (16%, 6 mi), Fall River (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Smith Mills without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Smith Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Smith Mills
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.