Work & commute · Chicopee

Work & commute in Chicopee, MA

Most working residents leave Chicopee for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (20%), Holyoke (8%) and West Springfield Town (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

3,938 of 23,675 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 19,737 Chicopee residents head out of town to work, 3,938 work right here, and 14,251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chicopee.

19,737live here, work elsewhere

3,938live and work here

14,251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chicopee goes to work

Springfield4.5 mi away

20%4,752

Chicopee (in town)right here

17%3,938

Holyoke4.4 mi away

8%1,983

West Springfield Town5.3 mi away

5%1,223

Westfield9.8 mi away

4%894

Northampton11.7 mi away

3%794

Boston80.4 mi away

3%618

Agawam Town8.8 mi away

3%606

Amherst Town13.4 mi away

2%580

South Hadley5.6 mi away

2%490

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%7,797

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

How far

How far Chicopee commutes

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

65%

13%

15%

65%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chicopee 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 Chicopee are

18,189 jobs are based in Chicopee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chicopee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chicopee

18,189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Chicopee residents hold

23,675 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in Chicopee, 2013 → 2023: 14,907 → 18,189. 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.