Work & commute · Shutesbury

Work & commute in Shutesbury, MA

Most working residents leave Shutesbury for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Amherst Town (14%), Northampton (8%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 755 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 738 Shutesbury residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shutesbury.

738live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shutesbury goes to work

Amherst Town7.9 mi away

14%109

Northampton15.9 mi away

8%58

Springfield24.4 mi away

5%38

Greenfield14.2 mi away

5%34

Leverett3.5 mi away

3%21

Worcester33.7 mi away

3%20

Montague8.6 mi away

3%20

Hadley10.4 mi away

3%19

Shutesbury (in town)right here

2%17

Orange12.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%403

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

How far

How far Shutesbury commutes

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

27%

36%

18%

19%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shutesbury is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shutesbury are

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

Jobs based in Shutesbury

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Shutesbury residents hold

755 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+16%

Jobs based in Shutesbury, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 145. 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.