Work & commute · Bernardston

Work & commute in Bernardston, MA

Most working residents leave Bernardston for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (18%), Gill (7%) and Montague (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,057 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,015 Bernardston residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bernardston.

1,015live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bernardston goes to work

Greenfield5.7 mi away

18%192

Gill5.4 mi away

7%70

Montague9.6 mi away

5%55

Brattleboro, VT12.2 mi away

5%51

Northampton25.9 mi away

5%50

Bernardston (in town)right here

4%42

Deerfield12.3 mi away

4%41

Springfield39.8 mi away

4%38

Boston82.6 mi away

3%33

Amherst Town22.8 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%459

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

How far

How far Bernardston commutes

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

39%

23%

18%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bernardston is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bernardston are

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

Jobs based in Bernardston

376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bernardston residents hold

1,057 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−13%

Jobs based in Bernardston, 2013 → 2023: 434 → 376. 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.