Work & commute · Hatfield

Work & commute in Hatfield, MA

Most working residents leave Hatfield for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (18%), Springfield (7%) and Amherst Town (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

172 of 1,489 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,317 Hatfield residents head out of town to work, 172 work right here, and 1,614 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hatfield.

1,317live here, work elsewhere

172live and work here

1,614work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hatfield goes to work

Northampton5.2 mi away

18%264

Hatfield (in town)right here

12%172

Springfield19.3 mi away

7%109

Amherst Town5.9 mi away

6%96

Boston81.9 mi away

4%61

Deerfield8.9 mi away

4%56

Greenfield15.6 mi away

4%55

Hadley3.4 mi away

3%48

Westfield18.7 mi away

3%41

Holyoke12.4 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%550

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

How far

How far Hatfield commutes

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

49%

27%

18%

49%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hatfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hatfield are

1,786 jobs are based in Hatfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hatfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hatfield

1,786 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Hatfield residents hold

1,489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−9%

Jobs based in Hatfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,956 → 1,786. 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.