Work & commute · Lanesborough

Work & commute in Lanesborough, MA

Most working residents leave Lanesborough for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (43%), Williamstown (5%) and North Adams (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,305 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,226 Lanesborough residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lanesborough.

1,226live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lanesborough goes to work

Pittsfield5.9 mi away

43%565

Lanesborough (in town)right here

6%79

Williamstown11.1 mi away

5%67

North Adams11.5 mi away

4%50

Lenox11.7 mi away

3%42

Boston114.5 mi away

3%33

Adams8.7 mi away

2%29

Dalton5.9 mi away

2%28

Lee16.1 mi away

2%25

Springfield46.1 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%368

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

How far

How far Lanesborough commutes

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

57%

18%

10%

16%

57%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lanesborough is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lanesborough are

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

Jobs based in Lanesborough

629 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lanesborough residents hold

1,305 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 month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−42%

Jobs based in Lanesborough, 2013 → 2023: 1,087 → 629. 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.