Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, MA

About one in 3 of Springfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chicopee (6%), Holyoke (5%) and West Springfield Town (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

22,501 of 60,884 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 38,383 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 22,501 work right here, and 49,579 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

38,383live here, work elsewhere

22,501live and work here

49,579work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Springfield (in town)right here

37%22,501

Chicopee4.5 mi away

6%3,476

Holyoke8.5 mi away

5%3,190

West Springfield Town5.7 mi away

5%2,774

East Longmeadow4.2 mi away

3%1,956

Boston79.5 mi away

3%1,829

Westfield11.2 mi away

3%1,790

Agawam Town6.8 mi away

3%1,626

Amherst Town17.2 mi away

2%1,141

Northampton16.2 mi away

2%966

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%19,635

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

How far

How far Springfield commutes

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

66%

12%

16%

66%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

72,080 jobs are based in Springfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Springfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Springfield

72,080 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

60,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−2%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 73,504 → 72,080. 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.