Work & commute · Greenfield

Work & commute in Greenfield, MA

About one in 4 of Greenfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Northampton (6%), Montague (5%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

2,245 of 8,592 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,347 Greenfield residents head out of town to work, 2,245 work right here, and 6,695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenfield.

6,347live here, work elsewhere

2,245live and work here

6,695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenfield goes to work

Greenfield (in town)right here

26%2,245

Northampton20.3 mi away

6%492

Montague5.7 mi away

5%415

Springfield34.6 mi away

4%355

Amherst Town17.9 mi away

4%346

Deerfield6.7 mi away

4%322

Boston83 mi away

3%252

Brattleboro, VT17.1 mi away

2%187

Worcester46.8 mi away

2%185

Holyoke27.9 mi away

1%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,683

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

How far

How far Greenfield commutes

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

39%

19%

20%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenfield are

8,940 jobs are based in Greenfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenfield

8,940 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Greenfield residents hold

8,592 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+8%

Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 8,308 → 8,940. 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.