Photo: Original uploader was LymanSchool at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Warren works elsewhere
519 jobs are based in Warren for 1,973 working residents. The two grades for Warren are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 8% of workers have no commute at all, 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
Jobs and commuting in Warren: the gist
Warren’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Warren is Boston, 61 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (163) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Warren is a place people come home to
There are 519 jobs based in Warren, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Warren has about 3,700 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Warren makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Warren are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Warren residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 ↓
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.
Inside Warren’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warren is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #264 of 283 in Massachusetts. The poverty rate holds Warren’s grade up (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warren could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How far it is to work from Warren
About 32% 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.
Who leaves Warren for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,864 residents head out to work, 109 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Warren on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer 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.
Warren makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 627 → 519. 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 Warren’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Warren commutes to
Where Warren clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,478 commuters (the 8% 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 Warren, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warren is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #276 of 283 in Massachusetts. Both inputs place Warren 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 2,708 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 6.8% of Warren households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warren’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Warren is 2,484th among 3,627 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Hopedale MA | 6,066 | $116K | 2.9% | 1.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | West Newbury MA | 4,709 | $180K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Wenham MA | 4,952 | $195K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,482 | Steelton PA | 6,328 | $58K | 19.6% | 5.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,483 | Blue River Township IN | 4,948 | $62K | 11.1% | 7.5% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,484 | Warren MA | 5,122 | $66K | 9.0% | 7.4% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,485 | Creve Coeur IL | 4,816 | $48K | 17.7% | 4.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,486 | Kittanning PA | 3,941 | $52K | 20.7% | 1.9% | 14% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Warren, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Warren’s workers
The biggest share goes to Palmer Town (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | – | C+ | D | 33 min | $66,082 |
| West Brookfield | 3% | B | D | 42 min | $95,613 |
| Palmer Town | 4% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $78,480 |
| Ware | 3% | C | B+ | 28 min | $67,475 |
| Brimfield | under 3% | A | D | 34 min | $111,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warren’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 Warren: questions
What is the median household income in Warren?
$66,082 (±$5,763) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren?
9.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (8%, 61 mi), Worcester (8%, 21 mi), Palmer Town (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warren walkable?
Warren is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warren without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warren, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren
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.