Work & commute · Gill

Work & commute in Gill, MA

Most working residents leave Gill for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (17%), Deerfield (6%) and Montague (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 751 Gill residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 559 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gill.

751live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

559work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gill goes to work

Greenfield4.5 mi away

17%139

Gill (in town)right here

8%67

Deerfield9.1 mi away

6%52

Montague4.7 mi away

6%48

Brattleboro, VT17.5 mi away

4%36

Northampton22.2 mi away

4%34

Bernardston5.4 mi away

3%26

Springfield35.2 mi away

3%22

Boston78.8 mi away

2%17

Northfield4.6 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%360

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

How far

How far Gill commutes

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

41%

23%

19%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gill are

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

Jobs based in Gill

626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Gill residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−1%

Jobs based in Gill, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 626. 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.