Worcester Business Journal

42 2016 Central Mass By The Numbers • Worcester Business Journal • www.wbjournal.com Stow 2.1% Milford 2.0% Fitchburg 1.7% Petersham 1.7% Paxton 1.6% Shrewsbury 1.6% Southborough 1.6% Upton 1.6% Groton 1.5% Marlborough 1.5% Leominster 1.4% Pepperell 1.4% Ashburnham 1.3% Millbury 1.3% Millis 1.3% Blackstone 1.1% Spencer 1.0% Templeton 1.0% Ayer 0.9% Berlin 0.8% Leicester 0.8% Oakham 0.7% Oxford 0.7% Sutton 0.7% Auburn 0.6% Clinton 0.6% Hudson 0.6% Gardner 0.5% Holden 0.5% Lunenburg 0.5% Phillipston 0.5% Uxbridge 0.5% Winchendon 0.5% Ashby 0.4% Millville 0.4% Princeton 0.4% Rutland 0.4% Sterling 0.4% Sturbridge 0.4% West Boylston 0.4% Charlton 0.3% Webster 0.2% Dudley 0.1% Northbridge 0.1% Barre 0.0% Brookfield 0.0% Douglas 0.0% Hardwick 0.0% Hubbardston 0.0% New Braintree 0.0% North Brookfield 0.0% Royalston 0.0% Southbridge 0.0% Townsend 0.0% Warren 0.0% West Brookfield 0.0% Twelve Central Mass. communities have no workers using public transportation Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2010-2014 American Community Survey, 5-year estimates Note: Workers are age 16 and older. Hopkinton almost doubled its percentage of working-age population using public transportation since the previous survey. Energy & Transportation The average Central Mass. commuter travels 31 minutes to work every day Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2014 American Community Survey Mean commuting times are around a half hour for most Central Massachusetts cities and towns. Worcester and Southbridge have the shortest average times; Petersham, New Braintree and East Brookfield the longest. Figures are in minutes. Hopkinton 12.1% Franklin 8.7% Natick 8.6% Acton 5.2% Shirley 4.1% Framingham 4.0% Wayland 3.9% Holliston 3.8% Sherborn 3.8% Worcester 3.3% Medway 3.2% Littleton 3.1% Westborough 3.0% Hopedale 2.9% Maynard 2.9% Boxborough 2.8% Sudbury 2.8% Bolton 2.7% Grafton 2.7% Boylston 2.6% Mendon 2.6% Westminster 2.6% Bellingham 2.3% East Brookfield 2.3% Athol 2.2% Harvard 2.2% Northborough 2.2% Ashland 2.1% Lancaster 2.1% Acton 35.6 Ashburnham 35 Ashby 30 Ashland 32.6 Athol 29.3 Auburn 25.8 Ayer 27.4 Barre 24.6 Bellingham 30.2 Berlin 25.8 Blackstone 29.3 Bolton 33.4 Boxborough 30.6 Boylston 28.6 Brookfield 34.8 Charlton 29.7 Clinton 26.6 Douglas 34.7 Dudley 27.3 East Brookfield 36.4 Fitchburg 25.2 Framingham 27.3 Franklin 33.5 Gardner 24.6 Grafton 33.8 Groton 34 Hardwick 32.6 Harvard 31.6 Holden 26.6 Holliston 33.3 Hopedale 33.5 Hopkinton 35.2 Hubbardston 37.5 Hudson 27.5 Lancaster 28.4 Leicester 27.7 Leominster 26.8 Littleton 29.4 Lunenburg 31.4 Marlborough 28.4 Maynard 30.3 Medway 35.5 Mendon 31.9 Milford 29.4 Millbury 27.6 Millis 31.9 Millville 29.4 Natick 31.4 New Braintree 39.5 Northborough 29.2 Northbridge 27.6 North Brookfield 33.3 Oakham 34.5 Oxford 27.3 Paxton 28.7 Pepperell 35.1 Petersham 41.3 Phillipston 31.3 Princeton 35.1 Royalston 34.2 Rutland 36.1 Sherborn 32.6 Shirley 30.8 Shrewsbury 28.8 Southborough 30 Southbridge 23.3 Spencer 32.5 Sterling 31.5 Stow 31 Sturbridge 29.3 Sudbury 33.1 Sutton 28.7 Templeton 30.2 Townsend 33.4 Upton 33.2 Uxbridge 31.3 Warren 32.6 Wayland 31.5 Webster 25.8 Westborough 30.4 West Boylston 25.3 West Brookfield 30.7 Westminster 28 Winchendon 33.4 Worcester 23.6

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