Work & commute · Hampden

Work & commute in Hampden, MA

Most working residents leave Hampden for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (23%), East Longmeadow (5%) and Wilbraham (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

179 of 2,367 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,188 Hampden residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampden.

2,188live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

773work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampden goes to work

Springfield7 mi away

23%554

Hampden (in town)right here

8%179

East Longmeadow4.2 mi away

5%130

Wilbraham3.9 mi away

5%118

Chicopee10.7 mi away

4%93

West Springfield Town12.5 mi away

4%91

Holyoke15.1 mi away

3%63

Boston74.1 mi away

2%55

Westfield18 mi away

2%51

Agawam Town12.1 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%983

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

How far

How far Hampden commutes

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

50%

27%

14%

50%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampden is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampden are

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

Jobs based in Hampden

952 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hampden residents hold

2,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+35%

Jobs based in Hampden, 2013 → 2023: 705 → 952. 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.