Work & commute · Granby

Work & commute in Granby, MA

Most working residents leave Granby for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (14%), Chicopee (8%) and Holyoke (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

193 of 2,830 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,637 Granby residents head out of town to work, 193 work right here, and 722 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granby.

2,637live here, work elsewhere

193live and work here

722work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granby goes to work

Springfield9.2 mi away

14%405

Chicopee6 mi away

8%231

Holyoke7.6 mi away

7%202

South Hadley4.2 mi away

7%202

Amherst Town8.2 mi away

7%196

Granby (in town)right here

7%193

Northampton10.6 mi away

6%163

Westfield15 mi away

4%103

Ludlow4.8 mi away

3%79

Hadley8.4 mi away

3%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%982

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

How far

How far Granby commutes

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

54%

27%

13%

54%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granby is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Granby are

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

Jobs based in Granby

915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Granby residents hold

2,830 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+31%

Jobs based in Granby, 2013 → 2023: 698 → 915. 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.