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Work & commute · Blandford

Work & commute in Blandford, MA

Most working residents leave Blandford for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Westfield (12%), Springfield (9%) and Northampton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
14 of 609 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 595 Blandford residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blandford.

595live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
99work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Blandford goes to work

West Springfield TownChicopeeAgawam TownNorthamptonSpringfieldWestfieldPlymouthRussellTollandHuntingtonGranvilleChesterBlandfordSouthwickWestfieldSpringfieldNorthamptonChesterChicopeeAgawam TownHuntingtonSouthwickWest Springfield TownBlandford
1
Westfield10.8 mi away
12%71
2
Springfield21.8 mi away
9%53
3
Northampton17.1 mi away
5%32
4
Chester5.6 mi away
4%23
5
Chicopee19.6 mi away
3%18
6
Agawam Town17.7 mi away
3%18
7
Huntington7.9 mi away
3%18
8
Southwick13.1 mi away
2%15
9
Blandford (in town)right here
2%14
10
West Springfield Town16.2 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%334

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

How far

How far Blandford commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
51%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Blandford is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blandford are

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

Jobs based in Blandford

113 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less32%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Blandford residents hold

609 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+88%

Jobs based in Blandford, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 113. 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.

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