Work & commute · Ashfield

Work & commute in Ashfield, MA

Most working residents leave Ashfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (10%), Greenfield (7%) and Conway (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 742 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 707 Ashfield residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashfield.

707live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashfield goes to work

Northampton14.9 mi away

10%77

Greenfield12.5 mi away

7%52

Conway5.1 mi away

6%43

Deerfield9.8 mi away

6%43

Springfield31 mi away

5%37

Ashfield (in town)right here

5%35

Amherst Town18.6 mi away

4%31

Boston92.3 mi away

3%21

Worcester53.8 mi away

3%20

Montague14.9 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%365

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

How far

How far Ashfield commutes

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

20%

39%

16%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashfield is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashfield are

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

Jobs based in Ashfield

201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ashfield residents hold

742 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+4%

Jobs based in Ashfield, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 201. 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.