Work & commute · South Hadley

Work & commute in South Hadley, MA

Most working residents leave South Hadley for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (13%), Holyoke (9%) and Chicopee (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

967 of 7,409 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 6,442 South Hadley residents head out of town to work, 967 work right here, and 3,722 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Hadley.

6,442live here, work elsewhere

967live and work here

3,722work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Hadley goes to work

Springfield10 mi away

13%989

South Hadley (in town)right here

13%967

Holyoke4.4 mi away

9%665

Chicopee5.6 mi away

7%555

Northampton6.9 mi away

6%479

Amherst Town8.3 mi away

6%443

Boston80.2 mi away

4%288

West Springfield Town9.7 mi away

3%197

Westfield12.1 mi away

3%195

Agawam Town13.9 mi away

2%134

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,497

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

How far

How far South Hadley commutes

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

59%

17%

18%

59%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Hadley is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Hadley are

4,689 jobs are based in South Hadley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Hadley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Hadley

4,689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs South Hadley residents hold

7,409 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+5%

Jobs based in South Hadley, 2013 → 2023: 4,470 → 4,689. 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.