West Warren has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
73 jobs are based in West Warren, and 301 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in West Warren itself; outside it, Boston draws the most (8%, 63 miles). Home is the office for <1% of workers, against 19% across Massachusetts.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in West Warren: the figures worth knowing
West Warren’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside West Warren is Boston, 63 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (25) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
West Warren is a place people come home to
There are 73 jobs based in West Warren, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday West Warren has about 390 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
West Warren workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 301 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of West Warren commutes less than 24 miles
About 33% 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.
The daily commute in and out of West Warren
On a workday 299 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in West Warren on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
A commute of about 39 minutes in West Warren
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Warren workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 416 commuters (the <1% 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.
Out of West Warren to work: where people go
Where West Warren 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.
What West Warren’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Warren, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 73. 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 West Warren’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 West Warren: questions
What is the median household income in West Warren?
$66,921 (±$15,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Warren?
4.4%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Warren?
39 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Warren work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (8%, 63 mi), Worcester (8%, 22 mi), Sturbridge (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Warren without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Warren, from the people who make the trip.
More of West 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.