Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Households in Tewksbury earn more than those in 91% of U.S. towns
3.4% of residents are in poverty, where Massachusetts as a whole has 10.0%. Jobs and income earn Tewksbury A; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in ten stay in Tewksbury for work; outside it, Boston is the main destination (9%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Tewksbury in brief
Tewksbury trades workers with the towns around it
Tewksbury has about as many jobs (15,050) as working residents (15,385), but they are mostly different people: 13,874 residents leave for work each day while 13,539 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Tewksbury are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Tewksbury draws workers from far and wide
The 15,050 jobs in Tewksbury are filled from a wide area. Tewksbury’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 31%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Tewksbury’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Tewksbury is Boston, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (1,457) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
The four measures behind Tewksbury’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tewksbury is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #42 of 283 in Massachusetts. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tewksbury could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who works in Tewksbury, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 13,874 residents head out to work, 1,511 work right here, and 13,539 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Tewksbury: the destinations
Where Tewksbury clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Tewksbury
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.
28% of the jobs in Tewksbury make or build things
15,050 jobs are based in Tewksbury.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tewksbury, 2014 → 2024: 15,171 → 15,050. 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 Tewksbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Tewksbury: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tewksbury workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,447 commuters (the 15% 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.
In Tewksbury, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tewksbury is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #161 of 283 in Massachusetts. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 14.1% across Massachusetts.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 17,085 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 32% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 2.5% of Tewksbury households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Tewksbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tewksbury is 123rd of 1,368 U.S. towns of 22,000 to 43,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Hingham MA | 24,481 | $178K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Lexington MA | 34,648 | $238K | 4.7% | 2.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 38 | Reading MA | 25,803 | $166K | 3.2% | 3.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Ballwin MO | 30,901 | $125K | 4.8% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 122 | Westport CT | 28,301 | $250K | 3.2% | 4.1% | 16% | A |
| 123 | Tewksbury MA | 31,901 | $128K | 3.4% | 3.7% | 10% | A |
| 124 | Dedham MA | 25,731 | $129K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| 125 | Lyon Township MI | 26,867 | $146K | 4.8% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 16% | 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 Tewksbury, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Tewksbury’s workers
The biggest share goes to Lowell (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tewksbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tewksbury | – | A | B+ | 30 min | $128,061 |
| Andover | 4% | A | A | 29 min | $172,606 |
| Lowell | 5% | B− | A+ | 28 min | $78,658 |
| Dracut | under 3% | A− | A− | 30 min | $114,036 |
| Wilmington | 4% | A | A− | 30 min | $168,152 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tewksbury’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 Tewksbury: questions
What is the median household income in Tewksbury?
$128,061 (±$11,976) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tewksbury?
3.4%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tewksbury?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tewksbury work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (9%, 22 mi), Lowell (5%, 5 mi), Woburn (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Tewksbury walkable?
Tewksbury is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tewksbury without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tewksbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tewksbury
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.