Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Weymouth Town top those of 79% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Weymouth Town is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (A). 7.7% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 10.0% for Massachusetts as a whole. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 47.9 in Boston.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Weymouth Town: the figures worth knowing
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Weymouth Town
Job access by car holds Weymouth Town’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weymouth Town could be anywhere from B+ to A.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weymouth Town workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25,780 commuters (the 18% 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 leaves Weymouth Town for work, and who comes in
On a workday 26,632 residents head out to work, 3,200 work right here, and 15,184 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48,000 people are in Weymouth Town on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.62 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 2024, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in Boston
Where Weymouth Town clocks in
27% of workers
7% 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.
66% of the jobs in Weymouth Town pay over $3,333 a month
18,384 jobs are based in Weymouth Town.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weymouth Town, 2014 → 2024: 14,204 → 18,384. 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 Weymouth Town’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Weymouth Town’s workers travel
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Weymouth Town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 31,495 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 62% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 7.7% of Weymouth Town households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Weymouth Town’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 737 U.S. towns of 42,000 to 81,000, Weymouth Town comes 264th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 16 | Arlington MA | 46,563 | $151K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 7% | A+ |
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| 66 | Billerica MA | 42,632 | $148K | 5.4% | 3.8% | 12% | A |
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| 122 | Brookline MA | 63,414 | $142K | 8.7% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
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| 262 | Smyrna GA | 57,513 | $100K | 10.6% | 3.7% | 5% | A− |
| 263 | Millcreek UT | 63,926 | $98K | 7.8% | 4.5% | 7% | A− |
| 264 | Weymouth Town MA | 59,759 | $103K | 7.7% | 4.9% | 11% | A− |
| 265 | Bellevue NE | 64,863 | $85K | 7.8% | 3.2% | 13% | A− |
| 266 | Freeport NY | 44,174 | $121K | 7.4% | 6.4% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 737 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Weymouth Town, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
15% of Weymouth Town works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Quincy (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weymouth Town workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weymouth Town | – | A− | A | 35 min | $102,714 |
| Hingham | 4% | A+ | A+ | 36 min | $178,390 |
| Braintree Town | 4% | A | A+ | 33 min | $122,214 |
| Quincy | 7% | B | A+ | 35 min | $98,882 |
| Hull | under 2% | A− | A+ | 33 min | $115,485 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weymouth Town’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 Weymouth Town: questions
What is the median household income in Weymouth Town?
$102,714 (±$3,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weymouth Town?
7.7%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weymouth Town?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weymouth Town work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (27%, 9 mi), Quincy (7%, 5 mi), Braintree Town (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Weymouth Town walkable?
Weymouth Town is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weymouth Town without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weymouth Town, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weymouth Town
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.