Work & commute · Southampton

Work & commute in Southampton, MA

Most working residents leave Southampton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (12%), Springfield (11%) and Easthampton (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

224 of 2,878 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,654 Southampton residents head out of town to work, 224 work right here, and 923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southampton.

2,654live here, work elsewhere

224live and work here

923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southampton goes to work

Northampton7.7 mi away

12%355

Springfield12.9 mi away

11%317

Easthampton4.5 mi away

8%241

Westfield6.1 mi away

8%234

Southampton (in town)right here

8%224

Holyoke5.2 mi away

7%207

Chicopee9.4 mi away

3%92

West Springfield Town8.4 mi away

3%86

Boston88.6 mi away

3%78

South Hadley8.5 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%988

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

How far

How far Southampton commutes

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

54%

23%

16%

54%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southampton is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southampton are

1,147 jobs are based in Southampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southampton

1,147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Southampton residents hold

2,878 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+6%

Jobs based in Southampton, 2013 → 2023: 1,083 → 1,147. 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.