Work & commute · Monson

Work & commute in Monson, MA

Most working residents leave Monson for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (15%), Palmer Town (6%) and Wilbraham (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

483 of 3,695 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 3,212 Monson residents head out of town to work, 483 work right here, and 867 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monson.

3,212live here, work elsewhere

483live and work here

867work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monson goes to work

Springfield11.3 mi away

15%552

Monson (in town)right here

13%483

Palmer Town6.6 mi away

6%222

Wilbraham6.1 mi away

4%131

Ludlow9.4 mi away

3%99

Chicopee14 mi away

3%98

East Longmeadow9.3 mi away

3%95

West Springfield Town17 mi away

2%92

Boston68.9 mi away

2%86

Worcester29 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,754

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

How far

How far Monson commutes

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

30%

46%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monson is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monson are

1,350 jobs are based in Monson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monson

1,350 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Monson residents hold

3,695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+11%

Jobs based in Monson, 2013 → 2023: 1,217 → 1,350. 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.