Work & commute · Agawam

Work & commute in Agawam, MA

Most working residents leave Agawam for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (20%), West Springfield Town (7%) and Westfield (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

2,045 of 13,170 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,125 Agawam residents head out of town to work, 2,045 work right here, and 8,250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Agawam.

11,125live here, work elsewhere

2,045live and work here

8,250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Agawam goes to work

Springfield6.8 mi away

20%2,600

Agawam Town (in town)right here

16%2,045

West Springfield Town4.3 mi away

7%916

Westfield7.4 mi away

5%673

Holyoke10.2 mi away

4%560

Chicopee8.8 mi away

4%502

Boston86 mi away

2%328

Enfield, CT7.5 mi away

2%282

Northampton18.2 mi away

2%274

East Longmeadow8 mi away

2%264

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%4,726

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

How far

How far Agawam commutes

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

62%

17%

15%

62%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Agawam is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Agawam are

10,295 jobs are based in Agawam. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Agawam’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Agawam

10,295 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Agawam residents hold

13,170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−5%

Jobs based in Agawam, 2013 → 2023: 10,831 → 10,295. 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.