Work & commute · Shelburne

Work & commute in Shelburne, MA

Most working residents leave Shelburne for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (12%), Buckland (5%) and Northampton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

97 of 841 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 744 Shelburne residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 490 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelburne.

744live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

490work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelburne goes to work

Greenfield4.2 mi away

12%98

Shelburne (in town)right here

12%97

Buckland5.9 mi away

5%41

Northampton20.1 mi away

5%40

Montague9.3 mi away

4%33

Springfield35.5 mi away

4%32

Boston87.2 mi away

4%30

Amherst Town19.7 mi away

3%29

Deerfield7.7 mi away

3%24

Charlemont9 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%400

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

How far

How far Shelburne commutes

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

37%

22%

15%

26%

37%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelburne is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelburne are

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

Jobs based in Shelburne

587 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Shelburne residents hold

841 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+12%

Jobs based in Shelburne, 2013 → 2023: 525 → 587. 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.