Work & commute · Ware

Work & commute in Ware, MA

Most working residents leave Ware for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (11%), Palmer Town (7%) and Amherst Town (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

637 of 4,359 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,722 Ware residents head out of town to work, 637 work right here, and 1,964 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ware.

3,722live here, work elsewhere

637live and work here

1,964work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ware goes to work

Ware (in town)right here

15%637

Springfield17.3 mi away

11%471

Palmer Town6.1 mi away

7%294

Amherst Town13.1 mi away

4%174

Northampton20.5 mi away

3%139

Belchertown6.2 mi away

3%137

Boston64.8 mi away

3%132

Chicopee16.4 mi away

3%117

West Springfield Town21.6 mi away

2%100

Holyoke19 mi away

2%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,074

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

How far

How far Ware commutes

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

29%

45%

11%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ware is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ware are

2,601 jobs are based in Ware. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ware’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ware

2,601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Ware residents hold

4,359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+9%

Jobs based in Ware, 2013 → 2023: 2,390 → 2,601. 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.