Work & commute · Becket

Work & commute in Becket, MA

Most working residents leave Becket for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (20%), Lee (8%) and Lenox (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 888 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 853 Becket residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Becket.

853live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Becket goes to work

Pittsfield14.5 mi away

20%176

Lee7.7 mi away

8%67

Becket (in town)right here

4%35

Lenox11 mi away

4%32

Dalton13.7 mi away

3%30

Great Barrington13.5 mi away

3%29

Springfield30.3 mi away

3%24

Boston105.9 mi away

3%23

Worcester65.3 mi away

2%21

Westfield19.7 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%430

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

How far

How far Becket commutes

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

13%

44%

19%

24%

13%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Becket is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Becket are

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

Jobs based in Becket

195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Becket residents hold

888 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−30%

Jobs based in Becket, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 195. 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.