Work & commute · West Springfield

Work & commute in West Springfield, MA

Most working residents leave West Springfield for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (20%), Westfield (6%) and Holyoke (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

2,094 of 13,158 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,064 West Springfield residents head out of town to work, 2,094 work right here, and 13,437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Springfield.

11,064live here, work elsewhere

2,094live and work here

13,437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Springfield goes to work

Springfield5.7 mi away

20%2,610

West Springfield Town (in town)right here

16%2,094

Westfield5.5 mi away

6%806

Holyoke6 mi away

6%788

Chicopee5.3 mi away

5%616

Agawam Town4.3 mi away

5%593

Northampton14 mi away

3%396

Boston84.9 mi away

3%366

Amherst Town18 mi away

2%270

East Longmeadow8.9 mi away

2%211

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%4,408

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

How far

How far West Springfield commutes

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

63%

16%

15%

63%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West 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 West Springfield are

15,531 jobs are based in West Springfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Springfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Springfield

15,531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs West Springfield residents hold

13,158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−6%

Jobs based in West Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 16,483 → 15,531. 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.