Work & commute · Chesterfield

Work & commute in Chesterfield, MA

Most working residents leave Chesterfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (22%), Williamsburg (9%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 535 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 529 Chesterfield residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesterfield.

529live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesterfield goes to work

Northampton9.2 mi away

22%119

Williamsburg6.7 mi away

9%47

Springfield23.8 mi away

7%35

Amherst Town17.1 mi away

4%23

Greenfield20.6 mi away

4%20

Goshen4.4 mi away

3%17

Easthampton11.7 mi away

3%15

Pittsfield22 mi away

3%14

Holyoke15.4 mi away

2%12

Worcester53.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%222

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

How far

How far Chesterfield commutes

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

23%

50%

11%

17%

23%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesterfield is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesterfield are

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

Jobs based in Chesterfield

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Chesterfield residents hold

535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+36%

Jobs based in Chesterfield, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 137. 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.