Work & commute · Great Barrington

Work & commute in Great Barrington, MA

About one in 3 of Great Barrington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (10%), Stockbridge (6%) and Sheffield (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

801 of 2,540 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,739 Great Barrington residents head out of town to work, 801 work right here, and 2,735 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Great Barrington.

1,739live here, work elsewhere

801live and work here

2,735work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Great Barrington goes to work

Great Barrington (in town)right here

32%801

Pittsfield16.3 mi away

10%246

Stockbridge5.6 mi away

6%153

Sheffield8.3 mi away

6%150

Lenox10.6 mi away

4%92

Boston118.8 mi away

3%75

Lee7.6 mi away

3%73

New Marlborough9.6 mi away

2%43

Egremont6.6 mi away

2%42

Springfield41.3 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%826

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

How far

How far Great Barrington commutes

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

51%

18%

11%

20%

51%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Great Barrington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Great Barrington are

3,536 jobs are based in Great Barrington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Great Barrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Great Barrington

3,536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Great Barrington residents hold

2,540 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−15%

Jobs based in Great Barrington, 2013 → 2023: 4,175 → 3,536. 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.