Work & commute · Longmeadow

Work & commute in Longmeadow, MA

Most working residents leave Longmeadow for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (26%), East Longmeadow (4%) and Holyoke (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

601 of 6,482 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,881 Longmeadow residents head out of town to work, 601 work right here, and 3,101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longmeadow.

5,881live here, work elsewhere

601live and work here

3,101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longmeadow goes to work

Springfield4.9 mi away

26%1,673

Longmeadow (in town)right here

9%601

East Longmeadow3.7 mi away

4%273

Holyoke11.9 mi away

4%270

West Springfield Town6.8 mi away

4%237

Enfield, CT4.5 mi away

4%233

Boston82 mi away

3%215

Agawam Town4.5 mi away

3%176

Chicopee8.8 mi away

3%173

Westfield11.5 mi away

2%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,486

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

How far

How far Longmeadow commutes

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

57%

17%

18%

57%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longmeadow is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Longmeadow are

3,702 jobs are based in Longmeadow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Longmeadow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Longmeadow

3,702 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Longmeadow residents hold

6,482 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+13%

Jobs based in Longmeadow, 2013 → 2023: 3,278 → 3,702. 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.