Work & commute · Colrain

Work & commute in Colrain, MA

Most working residents leave Colrain for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (13%), Charlemont (8%) and Shelburne (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 659 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 641 Colrain residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colrain.

641live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colrain goes to work

Greenfield8 mi away

13%86

Charlemont8.5 mi away

8%52

Shelburne5.5 mi away

6%39

Northampton25.5 mi away

5%33

Buckland8.1 mi away

4%26

Springfield41 mi away

4%24

Montague13.7 mi away

3%23

Colrain (in town)right here

3%18

Deerfield13.2 mi away

3%17

Boston90 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%325

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

How far

How far Colrain commutes

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

32%

27%

17%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colrain is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colrain are

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

Jobs based in Colrain

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Colrain residents hold

659 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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Jobs based in Colrain, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 165. 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.