Work & commute · Sandisfield

Work & commute in Sandisfield, MA

Most working residents leave Sandisfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Otis (13%), Great Barrington (8%) and Pittsfield (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 363 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 345 Sandisfield residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandisfield.

345live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandisfield goes to work

Otis6.9 mi away

13%47

Great Barrington13.5 mi away

8%29

Pittsfield24.9 mi away

7%27

Sandisfield (in town)right here

5%18

Lee14.8 mi away

4%14

Westfield18.7 mi away

3%11

Worcester68 mi away

2%9

New Marlborough6.6 mi away

2%9

Holyoke25.4 mi away

2%8

Lenox19.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%183

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

How far

How far Sandisfield commutes

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

21%

34%

19%

27%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandisfield is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandisfield are

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

Jobs based in Sandisfield

188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Sandisfield residents hold

363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+4%

Jobs based in Sandisfield, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 188. 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.