Work & commute · Wilbraham

Work & commute in Wilbraham, MA

Most working residents leave Wilbraham for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (27%), East Longmeadow (4%) and Chicopee (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

695 of 6,496 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,801 Wilbraham residents head out of town to work, 695 work right here, and 4,861 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilbraham.

5,801live here, work elsewhere

695live and work here

4,861work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilbraham goes to work

Springfield5.6 mi away

27%1,733

Wilbraham (in town)right here

11%695

East Longmeadow5.6 mi away

4%263

Chicopee8 mi away

4%251

West Springfield Town11.2 mi away

3%213

Ludlow4.2 mi away

3%212

Holyoke12.3 mi away

3%178

Boston73.9 mi away

3%172

Worcester33.4 mi away

2%136

Westfield16.7 mi away

2%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,508

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

How far

How far Wilbraham commutes

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

57%

19%

10%

14%

57%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilbraham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilbraham are

5,556 jobs are based in Wilbraham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilbraham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilbraham

5,556 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Wilbraham residents hold

6,496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+16%

Jobs based in Wilbraham, 2013 → 2023: 4,773 → 5,556. 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.