Work & commute · New Ashford

Work & commute in New Ashford, MA

Most working residents leave New Ashford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (32%), Lenox (8%) and Williamstown (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 92 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 92 New Ashford residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Ashford.

92live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Ashford goes to work

Pittsfield11.3 mi away

32%29

Lenox17.1 mi away

8%7

Williamstown5.7 mi away

7%6

Richmond17.3 mi away

7%6

Great Barrington27.6 mi away

3%3

Holyoke40.7 mi away

2%2

North Adams7 mi away

2%2

Westfield40.6 mi away

2%2

Boston114.4 mi away

2%2

Dalton10 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%31

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

How far

How far New Ashford commutes

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

24%

45%

13%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Ashford is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Ashford are

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

Jobs based in New Ashford

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less92%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs New Ashford residents hold

92 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−14%

Jobs based in New Ashford, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 12. 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.