Photo: T.S. Custadio aka ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Yarmouth has higher unemployment (6.1%) than 75% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Yarmouth B−; getting around on foot earns it A−. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 47.9 in Boston. At home: 10% of workers have no commute at all (Massachusetts 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Yarmouth: the figures worth knowing
Yarmouth and Barnstable Town trade workers both ways
Barnstable Town is the top workplace for Yarmouth residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Yarmouth come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Yarmouth are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across Massachusetts. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Massachusetts worker. Time on the road ↓
Yarmouth’s workforce skews older
36% of Yarmouth’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Yarmouth’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Yarmouth is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #248 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income holds Yarmouth’s grade up ($86,039, 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, Yarmouth could be anywhere from C to B+.
23% of working residents work in Barnstable Town
Where Yarmouth clocks in
23% 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.
The trip to work from Yarmouth: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yarmouth workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,335 commuters (the 10% 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.
The 7,096 jobs based in Yarmouth
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yarmouth, 2014 → 2024: 6,480 → 7,096. 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 Yarmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Yarmouth on a workday afternoon
On a workday 8,506 residents head out to work, 1,966 work right here, and 5,130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Yarmouth on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
How far it is to work from Yarmouth
About 25% 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 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: Yarmouth
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Yarmouth is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #128 of 283 in Massachusetts. Both inputs place Yarmouth 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 11,423 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 18% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 6.0% of Yarmouth households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Yarmouth’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,076th of 1,516: where Yarmouth ranks among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 17 | Hopkinton MA | 19,866 | $223K | 2.5% | 2.3% | 10% | A+ |
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| 37 | Hingham MA | 24,481 | $178K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 13% | A+ |
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| 39 | Reading MA | 25,803 | $166K | 3.2% | 3.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 1,074 | South Holland IL | 20,749 | $85K | 14.4% | 11.5% | 7% | B− |
| 1,075 | Round Lake Beach IL | 26,902 | $86K | 14.8% | 7.6% | 4% | B− |
| 1,076 | Yarmouth MA | 25,225 | $86K | 9.5% | 6.1% | 19% | B− |
| 1,077 | Warrensburg MO | 20,283 | $57K | 16.2% | 6.0% | 34% | B− |
| 1,078 | Hurricane UT | 25,745 | $75K | 9.0% | 3.9% | 23% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Yarmouth, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
The towns next door employ 30% of Yarmouth
The biggest share goes to Barnstable Town (23%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yarmouth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarmouth | – | B− | A− | 24 min | $86,039 |
| Dennis | 7% | B | B+ | 24 min | $88,154 |
| West Dennis | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Barnstable Town | 23% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $91,982 |
| South Dennis | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Dennis and South Dennis: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Yarmouth’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 Yarmouth: questions
What is the median household income in Yarmouth?
$86,039 (±$6,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yarmouth?
9.5%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yarmouth?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yarmouth work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barnstable Town (23%, 7 mi), Dennis (7%, 4 mi), Boston (5%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Yarmouth walkable?
Yarmouth is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yarmouth without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yarmouth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yarmouth
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.