Work & commute · Westhampton

Work & commute in Westhampton, MA

Most working residents leave Westhampton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (16%), Springfield (8%) and Easthampton (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 888 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 850 Westhampton residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westhampton.

850live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westhampton goes to work

Northampton5.4 mi away

16%142

Springfield18.3 mi away

8%70

Easthampton6.4 mi away

5%44

Westhampton (in town)right here

4%38

Amherst Town14.2 mi away

4%35

Holyoke9.9 mi away

4%32

Westfield12.2 mi away

3%29

Worcester49.7 mi away

3%28

Boston90.1 mi away

2%21

Southampton6.3 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%430

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

How far

How far Westhampton commutes

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

34%

31%

13%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westhampton is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westhampton are

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

Jobs based in Westhampton

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Westhampton residents hold

888 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+14%

Jobs based in Westhampton, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 156. 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.