Work & commute · Easthampton

Work & commute in Easthampton, MA

Most working residents leave Easthampton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (20%), Springfield (11%) and Holyoke (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,203 of 7,441 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,238 Easthampton residents head out of town to work, 1,203 work right here, and 3,786 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Easthampton.

6,238live here, work elsewhere

1,203live and work here

3,786work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Easthampton goes to work

Northampton4.3 mi away

20%1,502

Easthampton (in town)right here

16%1,203

Springfield12.3 mi away

11%786

Holyoke4 mi away

5%346

Westfield9.8 mi away

4%286

Amherst Town10.8 mi away

4%261

Chicopee8 mi away

3%214

Boston84.8 mi away

3%192

West Springfield Town9.7 mi away

2%161

Hadley8.1 mi away

2%155

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,335

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

How far

How far Easthampton commutes

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

57%

22%

14%

57%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Easthampton is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Easthampton are

4,989 jobs are based in Easthampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Easthampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Easthampton

4,989 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Easthampton residents hold

7,441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+17%

Jobs based in Easthampton, 2013 → 2023: 4,246 → 4,989. 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.