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Work & commute in Lenox Dale · A commuter town

100% of Lenox Dale’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Lenox Dale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (24%), Lenox (18%) and Great Barrington (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 157 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Jobs based here
74
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Lenox Dale?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

24% of working residents work in Pittsfield

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

ChelseaLawrenceNewburyportNorth Adams: 5 residents work here (3%)Pittsfield: 37 residents work here (24%)Worcester: 3 residents work here (2%)Boston: 3 residents work here (2%)Dalton: 3 residents work here (2%)Great Barrington: 9 residents work here (6%)Stockbridge: 6 residents work here (4%)Lenox: 29 residents work here (18%)LanesboroughLee: 5 residents work here (3%)Sheffield: 5 residents work here (3%)Lenox DalePittsfieldLenoxGreat BarringtonStockbridgeNorth AdamsLeeLenox Dale
1
Pittsfield8.2 mi away
24%37
2
Lenox2.6 mi away
18%29
3
Great Barrington8.9 mi away
6%9
4
Stockbridge4.5 mi away
4%6
5
North Adams24.5 mi away
3%5
6
Lee2.3 mi away
3%5
7
Sheffield16.9 mi away
3%5
8
Worcester73.8 mi away
2%3
9
Boston114.2 mi away
2%3
10
Dalton11.1 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%52
The top trips

Where Lenox Dale clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

21% of Lenox Dale works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Lenox (18%). Darker towns draw more of Lenox Dale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

Lenox Dale quiets down on a workday

On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.

157live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
74work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night29
Workday0
29live here− 160head out to work+ 74come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Lenox Dale on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.47jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Lenox Dale commutes less than 10 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPittsfield: 24% · 8.2 miLenox: 18% · 2.6 miGreat Barrington: 6% · 8.9 miStockbridge: 4% · 4.5 miNorth Adams: 3% · 24.5 miLee: 3% · 2.3 miSheffield: 3% · 16.9 miWorcester: 2% · 73.8 miBoston: 2% · 114.2 miDalton: 2% · 11.1 miPittsfield 24%Lenox 18%Great Barrington 6%Stockbridge 4%North Adams 3%Lenox Dale
Lenox DaleTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi79 residents
16%10–24 mi25 residents
11%25–50 mi18 residents
22%Over 50 mi35 residents

About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 74 jobs in Lenox Dale are

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

Jobs based in Lenox DaleJobs Lenox Dale residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms22%9%
Trade, transport & utilities36%17%
Services: health, schools, offices42%74%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%22%
Over $3,333 a month61%65%

Who does it

29 or younger11%13%
30 to 5462%47%
55 and older27%39%
−9%

Jobs based in Lenox Dale, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 74. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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