Truro Highlands Historic District · Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Truro top those of 88% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 4.4% of residents, where Massachusetts as a whole has 10.0%. Jobs and income earn Truro B; getting around on foot earns it B−. Working from home is the commute for 35% of workers (Massachusetts 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Truro apart
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Truro and Provincetown trade workers both ways
Provincetown is the top workplace for Truro residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Truro come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Truro works from home
35% of Truro workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
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; with 613 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Truro’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Truro is better than 64% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Truro’s grade up ($118,984, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Truro’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Truro could be anywhere from D to A−.
Short hops and long hauls from Truro
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.
18% of working residents work in Provincetown
Where Truro clocks in
18% 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.
About 30 minutes each way for Truro’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Truro workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 518 commuters (the 35% 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.
Who commutes out of Truro, and who commutes in
On a workday 504 residents head out to work, 109 work right here, and 383 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 (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
68% of the jobs in Truro pay over $3,333 a month
492 jobs are based in Truro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Truro, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 492. 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 Truro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Truro commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Truro is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% 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 799 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 4.5% of Truro households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Truro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Truro is 1,597th among 5,401 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 240 | Millville MA | 3,186 | $127K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | Williamsburg MA | 2,445 | $105K | 2.3% | 3.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 822 | Wales MA | 1,833 | $89K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,595 | Combine TX | 2,769 | $95K | 6.3% | 10.0% | <1% | B |
| 1,596 | Riverside Township IL | 1,982 | $81K | 5.9% | 4.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,597 | Truro MA | 2,483 | $119K | 4.4% | 0.0% | 18% | B |
| 1,598 | Quinton Township NJ | 2,675 | $87K | 7.3% | 4.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,599 | Richland Township OH | 1,821 | $112K | 9.3% | 1.0% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Truro, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
20% of Truro works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Provincetown (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Truro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truro | – | B | B− | 30 min | $118,984 |
| Provincetown | 18% | B− | A+ | 13 min | $136,904 |
| Wellfleet | 2% | C+ | A | 35 min | $117,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Truro’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 Truro: questions
What is the median household income in Truro?
$118,984 (±$71,997) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Truro?
4.4%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Truro?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Truro work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Provincetown (18%, 7 mi), Boston (8%, 53 mi), Eastham (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Truro walkable?
Truro is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Truro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Truro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Truro
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. 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.