Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Households in Wrentham earn more than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 6.9% of residents; Massachusetts has 10.0%. Jobs and income earn Wrentham A−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 8% work in Wrentham itself; outside it, Boston draws the most (12%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Wrentham: the gist
Wrentham trades workers with the towns around it
Wrentham has about as many jobs (6,046) as working residents (6,058), but they are mostly different people: 5,583 residents leave for work each day while 5,571 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Wrentham are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Wrentham draws workers from far and wide
The 6,046 jobs in Wrentham are filled from a wide area. Wrentham’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 30%; the other 62% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Wrentham’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wrentham is Boston, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (737) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wrentham
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wrentham is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #173 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income holds Wrentham’s grade up ($151,676, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. 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, Wrentham could be anywhere from B to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Wrentham
On a workday 5,583 residents head out to work, 475 work right here, and 5,571 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 (1.00 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.
Out of Wrentham to work: where people go
Where Wrentham clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
How many miles Wrentham commutes
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.
What work there is in Wrentham: 6,046 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wrentham, 2013 → 2023: 6,339 → 6,046. 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 Wrentham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Wrentham, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wrentham workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,667 commuters (the 22% 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.
Few in Wrentham walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wrentham is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #169 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,979 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 4.7% of Wrentham households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Wrentham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Wrentham comes 847th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 19 | Weston MA | 11,729 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 26 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 10% | A+ |
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| 32 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 845 | Moraga CA | 16,322 | $216K | 7.3% | 6.4% | 6% | A− |
| 846 | Matawan NJ | 9,768 | $123K | 10.5% | 5.1% | 4% | A− |
| 847 | Wrentham MA | 12,453 | $152K | 6.9% | 6.9% | 8% | A− |
| 848 | Goshen Township OH | 16,783 | $78K | 8.0% | 2.2% | 5% | A− |
| 849 | Lake Norman of Catawba NC | 9,906 | $113K | 4.2% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Wrentham, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Next door is work for 11% of Wrentham
The biggest share goes to Franklin Town (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wrentham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrentham | – | A− | B+ | 32 min | $151,676 |
| Plainville | under 2% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $104,106 |
| Franklin Town | 5% | A− | A− | 33 min | $145,773 |
| Norfolk | 3% | A | B+ | 36 min | $200,720 |
| Foxborough | 3% | A− | B+ | 29 min | $115,833 |
| Bellingham | under 2% | A− | B | 36 min | $125,307 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wrentham’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 Wrentham: questions
What is the median household income in Wrentham?
$151,676 (±$17,394) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wrentham?
6.9%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wrentham?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wrentham work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (12%, 26 mi), Franklin Town (5%, 4 mi), Walpole (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wrentham walkable?
Wrentham is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wrentham without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wrentham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wrentham
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.