Work & commute · Charlemont

Work & commute in Charlemont, MA

Most working residents leave Charlemont for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (12%), Colrain (5%) and Shelburne (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 515 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 470 Charlemont residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 349 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlemont.

470live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

349work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlemont goes to work

Greenfield13.2 mi away

12%61

Charlemont (in town)right here

9%45

Colrain8.5 mi away

5%28

Shelburne9 mi away

4%21

Montague18 mi away

4%19

Rowe5.1 mi away

3%18

Deerfield14.6 mi away

3%18

Amherst Town25.7 mi away

3%16

Northampton23.1 mi away

3%15

Boston96.1 mi away

3%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%259

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

How far

How far Charlemont commutes

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

27%

33%

15%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlemont is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlemont are

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

Jobs based in Charlemont

394 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Charlemont residents hold

515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+33%

Jobs based in Charlemont, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 394. 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.