Work & commute · Conway

Work & commute in Conway, MA

Most working residents leave Conway for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (10%), Deerfield (7%) and Greenfield (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 721 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 688 Conway residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conway.

688live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conway goes to work

Northampton12.7 mi away

10%72

Deerfield4.8 mi away

7%53

Greenfield9.2 mi away

7%49

Conway (in town)right here

5%33

Springfield28.5 mi away

4%30

Ashfield5.1 mi away

4%30

Boston87.2 mi away

4%26

Amherst Town14.3 mi away

3%22

Shelburne7.7 mi away

2%17

Westfield25.7 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%374

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

How far

How far Conway commutes

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

33%

27%

18%

22%

33%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conway is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Conway are

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

Jobs based in Conway

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Conway residents hold

721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−15%

Jobs based in Conway, 2013 → 2023: 250 → 213. 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.