Work & commute · Belchertown

Work & commute in Belchertown, MA

Most working residents leave Belchertown for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (13%), Amherst Town (10%) and Northampton (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

801 of 7,106 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,305 Belchertown residents head out of town to work, 801 work right here, and 2,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belchertown.

6,305live here, work elsewhere

801live and work here

2,017work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belchertown goes to work

Springfield13.4 mi away

13%958

Belchertown (in town)right here

11%801

Amherst Town8 mi away

10%744

Northampton14.4 mi away

5%384

Holyoke13.2 mi away

4%281

Chicopee11.3 mi away

4%279

South Hadley9.3 mi away

3%215

Hadley10.1 mi away

3%202

Ludlow7.2 mi away

3%202

Boston71 mi away

2%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,863

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

How far

How far Belchertown commutes

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

31%

45%

10%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belchertown is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belchertown are

2,818 jobs are based in Belchertown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belchertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belchertown

2,818 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Belchertown residents hold

7,106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+10%

Jobs based in Belchertown, 2013 → 2023: 2,552 → 2,818. 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.