Work & commute · East Longmeadow

Work & commute in East Longmeadow, MA

Most working residents leave East Longmeadow for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (26%), West Springfield Town (4%) and Chicopee (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,055 of 7,638 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,583 East Longmeadow residents head out of town to work, 1,055 work right here, and 6,640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Longmeadow.

6,583live here, work elsewhere

1,055live and work here

6,640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Longmeadow goes to work

Springfield4.2 mi away

26%2,000

East Longmeadow (in town)right here

14%1,055

West Springfield Town8.9 mi away

4%280

Chicopee8.7 mi away

4%270

Holyoke12.7 mi away

3%243

Agawam Town8 mi away

3%226

Boston78.3 mi away

3%206

Longmeadow3.7 mi away

3%206

Enfield, CT6.2 mi away

3%195

Westfield14.2 mi away

2%165

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,792

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

How far

How far East Longmeadow commutes

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

61%

18%

14%

61%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Longmeadow is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Longmeadow are

7,695 jobs are based in East Longmeadow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Longmeadow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Longmeadow

7,695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs East Longmeadow residents hold

7,638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+5%

Jobs based in East Longmeadow, 2013 → 2023: 7,354 → 7,695. 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.