Work & commute · Middlefield

Work & commute in Middlefield, MA

Most working residents leave Middlefield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (10%), Pittsfield (8%) and Worthington (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 178 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 173 Middlefield residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middlefield.

173live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middlefield goes to work

Northampton18.1 mi away

10%18

Pittsfield13.4 mi away

8%15

Worthington4.6 mi away

5%9

Worcester62.5 mi away

4%7

Amherst Town26.4 mi away

4%7

Westfield20.9 mi away

4%7

Williamsburg15.6 mi away

4%7

Plainfield11.4 mi away

3%6

Springfield30.3 mi away

3%5

Cummington8.7 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%92

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

How far

How far Middlefield commutes

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

12%

45%

16%

27%

12%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middlefield is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middlefield are

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

Jobs based in Middlefield

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Middlefield residents hold

178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+39%

Jobs based in Middlefield, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 43. 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.