Work & commute · Leyden

Work & commute in Leyden, MA

Most working residents leave Leyden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (21%), Montague (7%) and Deerfield (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 362 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 358 Leyden residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leyden.

358live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leyden goes to work

Greenfield5.9 mi away

21%77

Montague11.2 mi away

7%24

Deerfield12.4 mi away

6%20

Bernardston3.5 mi away

5%18

Gill7.9 mi away

5%18

Springfield40.5 mi away

4%16

Brattleboro, VT11.2 mi away

4%16

Northampton25.7 mi away

4%15

Amherst Town23.9 mi away

3%10

Northfield8.9 mi away

3%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%138

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

How far

How far Leyden commutes

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

42%

22%

18%

19%

42%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leyden is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leyden are

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

Jobs based in Leyden

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Leyden residents hold

362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+0%

Jobs based in Leyden, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 197. 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.