Work & commute · Cheshire

Work & commute in Cheshire, MA

Most working residents leave Cheshire for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (33%), Adams (9%) and North Adams (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 1,390 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,281 Cheshire residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 388 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cheshire.

1,281live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

388work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cheshire goes to work

Pittsfield9.9 mi away

33%457

Adams4.2 mi away

9%130

Cheshire (in town)right here

8%109

North Adams7.6 mi away

7%91

Lenox15.2 mi away

4%54

Williamstown9.6 mi away

3%45

Dalton6.2 mi away

3%35

Boston110 mi away

2%28

Lee18.8 mi away

2%25

Lanesborough5.3 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%393

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

How far

How far Cheshire commutes

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

53%

22%

16%

53%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cheshire 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 Cheshire are

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

Jobs based in Cheshire

497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Cheshire residents hold

1,390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−3%

Jobs based in Cheshire, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 497. 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.