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Work & commute · Russell

Work & commute in Russell, MA

Most working residents leave Russell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Westfield (15%), Springfield (10%) and Agawam Town (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
23 of 818 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 795 Russell residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Russell.

795live here, work elsewhere
23live and work here
144work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Russell goes to work

West Springfield TownChicopeeAgawam TownHolyokeNorthamptonSpringfieldWestfieldBostonRussellHuntingtonGranvilleBlandfordMontgomerySouthwickWestfieldSpringfieldAgawam TownHolyokeNorthamptonChicopeeSouthwickWest Springfield TownBostonRussell
1
Westfield5.2 mi away
15%121
2
Springfield16.4 mi away
10%85
3
Agawam Town12.3 mi away
4%36
4
Holyoke11.4 mi away
4%30
5
Northampton14.7 mi away
4%29
6
Chicopee14.5 mi away
3%23
7
Russell (in town)right here
3%23
8
Southwick8.5 mi away
3%23
9
West Springfield Town10.7 mi away
3%22
10
Boston94.9 mi away
3%22
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%404

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

How far

How far Russell commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
46%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Russell is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Russell are

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

Jobs based in Russell

167 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Russell residents hold

818 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month69%
+62%

Jobs based in Russell, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 167. 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.

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