Work & commute · New Marlborough

Work & commute in New Marlborough, MA

Most working residents leave New Marlborough for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Great Barrington (12%), Sheffield (7%) and Pittsfield (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

73 of 606 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 533 New Marlborough residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Marlborough.

533live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Marlborough goes to work

Great Barrington9.6 mi away

12%74

New Marlborough (in town)right here

12%73

Sheffield5.9 mi away

7%45

Pittsfield24.4 mi away

4%26

Stockbridge14.7 mi away

4%22

Springfield36.2 mi away

3%16

Lee14.2 mi away

2%15

Worcester74.6 mi away

2%14

Lenox18.7 mi away

2%13

Northampton33.2 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%298

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

How far

How far New Marlborough commutes

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

35%

19%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Marlborough is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Marlborough are

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

Jobs based in New Marlborough

309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs New Marlborough residents hold

606 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+48%

Jobs based in New Marlborough, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 309. 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.