Work & commute · Hadley

Work & commute in Hadley, MA

Most working residents leave Hadley for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst Town (16%), Northampton (11%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

307 of 2,147 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,840 Hadley residents head out of town to work, 307 work right here, and 4,357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hadley.

1,840live here, work elsewhere

307live and work here

4,357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hadley goes to work

Amherst Town3.2 mi away

16%346

Hadley (in town)right here

14%307

Northampton5.8 mi away

11%239

Springfield16.7 mi away

7%147

Boston79.4 mi away

4%78

Holyoke10.7 mi away

3%69

Greenfield17.9 mi away

3%58

Chicopee12.5 mi away

2%50

Deerfield11.4 mi away

2%43

West Springfield Town16.4 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%774

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

How far

How far Hadley commutes

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

51%

25%

19%

51%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hadley is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hadley are

4,664 jobs are based in Hadley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hadley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hadley

4,664 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Hadley residents hold

2,147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−4%

Jobs based in Hadley, 2013 → 2023: 4,874 → 4,664. 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.