Work & commute · New Salem

Work & commute in New Salem, MA

Most working residents leave New Salem for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst Town (14%), Northampton (5%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 405 New Salem residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Salem.

405live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Salem goes to work

Amherst Town11.3 mi away

14%59

Northampton19.9 mi away

5%21

Springfield26.1 mi away

5%19

Boston67.6 mi away

4%18

Greenfield17.5 mi away

4%16

Worcester29.6 mi away

4%16

Hadley14.2 mi away

3%13

Orange10.3 mi away

3%12

Holyoke23.5 mi away

2%9

Athol9.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%221

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

How far

How far New Salem commutes

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

11%

42%

26%

21%

11%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Salem is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Salem are

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

Jobs based in New Salem

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs New Salem residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−16%

Jobs based in New Salem, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 96. 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.