Work & commute · Adams

Work & commute in Adams, MA

Most working residents leave Adams for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (26%), North Adams (16%) and Williamstown (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

540 of 3,515 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,975 Adams residents head out of town to work, 540 work right here, and 1,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adams.

2,975live here, work elsewhere

540live and work here

1,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adams goes to work

Pittsfield14 mi away

26%905

North Adams3.5 mi away

16%548

Adams (in town)right here

15%540

Williamstown7.1 mi away

6%218

Cheshire4.2 mi away

4%125

Boston109.2 mi away

3%98

Dalton10.3 mi away

2%65

Springfield46 mi away

1%47

Lee23 mi away

1%40

Worcester71.3 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%891

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Adams commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

31%

17%

43%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adams is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Adams are

1,589 jobs are based in Adams. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adams’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adams

1,589 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Adams residents hold

3,515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1%

Jobs based in Adams, 2013 → 2023: 1,579 → 1,589. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.