Work & commute · Erving

Work & commute in Erving, MA

Most working residents leave Erving for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (11%), Montague (6%) and Amherst Town (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 727 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 683 Erving residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 460 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erving.

683live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

460work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erving goes to work

Greenfield8 mi away

11%82

Montague5.2 mi away

6%47

Erving (in town)right here

6%44

Amherst Town17.1 mi away

5%36

Northampton22.7 mi away

4%32

Boston75.2 mi away

3%25

Orange7.6 mi away

3%24

Worcester39.8 mi away

3%21

Springfield34.3 mi away

3%21

Deerfield10.7 mi away

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%375

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

How far

How far Erving commutes

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

32%

27%

20%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erving is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Erving are

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

Jobs based in Erving

504 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Erving residents hold

727 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+63%

Jobs based in Erving, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 504. 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.