Work & commute · West Stockbridge

Work & commute in West Stockbridge, MA

Most working residents leave West Stockbridge for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (16%), Great Barrington (10%) and Stockbridge (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 488 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 443 West Stockbridge residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Stockbridge.

443live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Stockbridge goes to work

Pittsfield11.6 mi away

16%77

Great Barrington6.9 mi away

10%49

West Stockbridge (in town)right here

9%45

Stockbridge3.2 mi away

8%39

Lenox7.2 mi away

8%38

Lee7.9 mi away

6%27

Worcester80.8 mi away

3%14

Sheffield14.5 mi away

3%14

Boston121.3 mi away

2%10

Egremont10 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%167

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

How far

How far West Stockbridge commutes

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

45%

24%

13%

19%

45%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Stockbridge is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Stockbridge are

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

Jobs based in West Stockbridge

223 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs West Stockbridge residents hold

488 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+56%

Jobs based in West Stockbridge, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 223. 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.