Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Uxbridge are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 3.6% of residents (Massachusetts 10.0%). Jobs and income earn Uxbridge A; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in ten stay in Uxbridge for work; outside it, Worcester is the main destination (8%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Uxbridge: the figures worth knowing
Uxbridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Uxbridge’s commute
The biggest draw, Worcester, gets only 8% of working residents, and 52% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Uxbridge residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Uxbridge has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Uxbridge went from 2,599 in 2013 to 3,840 in 2023, +48%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Uxbridge gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Uxbridge is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #111 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income holds Uxbridge’s grade up ($124,725, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Uxbridge could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The daily trip from Uxbridge: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Uxbridge workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,792 commuters (the 16% 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.
Commuting out of Uxbridge: the destinations
Where Uxbridge clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Uxbridge
3,840 jobs are based in Uxbridge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Uxbridge, 2013 → 2023: 2,599 → 3,840. 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 Uxbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Uxbridge, and who commutes in
On a workday 5,869 residents head out to work, 594 work right here, and 3,246 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Uxbridge on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Miles to work from Uxbridge
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.
Few in Uxbridge walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Uxbridge is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #236 of 283 in Massachusetts. Both inputs place Uxbridge 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 8,080 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 4.6% of Uxbridge households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Uxbridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Uxbridge next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000: 563rd of 2,362 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Weston MA | 11,729 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 561 | River Forest IL | 11,393 | $147K | 2.7% | 8.1% | 5% | A |
| 562 | Champaign Township IL | 11,377 | $100K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| 563 | Uxbridge MA | 14,783 | $125K | 3.6% | 4.9% | 9% | A |
| 564 | Mahomet IL | 10,516 | $119K | 3.8% | 3.5% | 11% | A |
| 565 | Littleton MA | 10,404 | $150K | 5.6% | 4.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Uxbridge, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Around Uxbridge: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Northbridge (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Uxbridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uxbridge | – | A | C+ | 37 min | $124,725 |
| Douglas | under 3% | A | C | 34 min | $152,267 |
| Northbridge | 5% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $111,319 |
| Sutton | under 3% | A | C | 30 min | $147,125 |
| Millville | under 3% | A | C− | 32 min | $127,188 |
| Whitinsville | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Whitinsville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Uxbridge’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 Uxbridge: questions
What is the median household income in Uxbridge?
$124,725 (±$6,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Uxbridge?
3.6%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Uxbridge?
37 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Uxbridge work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Worcester (8%, 17 mi), Milford (8%, 9 mi), Boston (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Uxbridge walkable?
Uxbridge is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Uxbridge without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Uxbridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Uxbridge
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.