Work & commute · Ludlow

Work & commute in Ludlow, MA

Most working residents leave Ludlow for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (23%), Chicopee (6%) and West Springfield Town (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,107 of 9,673 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,566 Ludlow residents head out of town to work, 1,107 work right here, and 5,120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ludlow.

8,566live here, work elsewhere

1,107live and work here

5,120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ludlow goes to work

Springfield6.3 mi away

23%2,243

Ludlow (in town)right here

11%1,107

Chicopee5.9 mi away

6%616

West Springfield Town10.6 mi away

3%335

Holyoke9.6 mi away

3%328

Westfield15.6 mi away

3%282

Amherst Town12.7 mi away

3%259

Wilbraham4.2 mi away

3%247

East Longmeadow8.6 mi away

3%244

Boston74.6 mi away

2%240

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,772

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

How far

How far Ludlow commutes

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

57%

19%

10%

14%

57%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ludlow is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ludlow are

6,227 jobs are based in Ludlow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ludlow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ludlow

6,227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Ludlow residents hold

9,673 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+1%

Jobs based in Ludlow, 2013 → 2023: 6,189 → 6,227. 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.