Work & commute · Pittsfield

Work & commute in Pittsfield, MA

52% of Pittsfield’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lenox (6%), Lee (3%) and Dalton (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

10,031 of 19,334 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,303 Pittsfield residents head out of town to work, 10,031 work right here, and 12,977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittsfield.

9,303live here, work elsewhere

10,031live and work here

12,977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittsfield goes to work

Pittsfield (in town)right here

52%10,031

Lenox5.8 mi away

6%1,079

Lee10.4 mi away

3%599

Dalton5.7 mi away

3%528

Boston115 mi away

3%488

Great Barrington16.3 mi away

2%407

North Adams17.1 mi away

2%367

Stockbridge10.9 mi away

2%305

Springfield43.6 mi away

1%248

Williamstown17 mi away

1%218

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%5,064

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

How far

How far Pittsfield commutes

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

64%

11%

17%

64%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittsfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittsfield are

23,008 jobs are based in Pittsfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pittsfield

23,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Pittsfield residents hold

19,334 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Pittsfield, 2013 → 2023: 22,398 → 23,008. 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.