Work & commute · Southwick

Work & commute in Southwick, MA

Most working residents leave Southwick for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (14%), Westfield (12%) and Agawam Town (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

486 of 4,276 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,790 Southwick residents head out of town to work, 486 work right here, and 1,692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southwick.

3,790live here, work elsewhere

486live and work here

1,692work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southwick goes to work

Springfield12.9 mi away

14%616

Westfield6.1 mi away

12%502

Southwick (in town)right here

11%486

Agawam Town6.4 mi away

6%268

West Springfield Town8.3 mi away

5%207

Chicopee13.5 mi away

3%140

Holyoke13 mi away

3%127

Boston92.3 mi away

3%117

Windsor, CT13.6 mi away

3%112

East Granby, CT8.6 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,613

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

How far

How far Southwick commutes

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

43%

37%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southwick is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southwick are

2,178 jobs are based in Southwick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southwick

2,178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Southwick residents hold

4,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−4%

Jobs based in Southwick, 2013 → 2023: 2,268 → 2,178. 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.