Living Near Amherst
46 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Amherst, and roughly 7,251 recorded job links connect residents across the region to workplaces there (2022, jobs rather than unique people). Minutes are town centre to workplace on open roads, without traffic, your street and your rush hour will differ.
Within 20 Minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Hampshire | 10 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | ≈412 |
| Sunderland Franklin | 16 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | ≈225 |
| Leverett Franklin | 17 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈142 |
| Belchertown Hampshire | 19 min | $418,200 | $6,400/yr | cable | yes | ≈807 |
| Northampton Hampshire | 19 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈918 |
| South Hadley Hampshire | 19 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | ≈420 |
| Granby Hampshire | 20 min | $382,300 | $5,677/yr | cable | yes | ≈228 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shutesbury Franklin | 22 min | $385,400 | $6,317/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈137 |
| Montague Franklin | 24 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈281 |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 25 min | $430,500 | $6,575/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Whately Franklin | 26 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 27 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | ≈331 |
| Holyoke Hampden | 27 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈343 |
| New Salem Franklin | 27 min | $341,200 | $4,647/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Deerfield Franklin | 30 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈192 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 30 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chicopee Hampden | 33 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈554 |
| Southampton Hampshire | 33 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 33 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Conway Franklin | 34 min | $404,800 | $5,754/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Greenfield Franklin | 34 min | $305,000 | $5,723/yr | cable | yes | ≈374 |
| Ludlow Hampden | 34 min | $332,300 | $5,320/yr | cable | yes | ≈197 |
| Ware Hampshire | 34 min | $311,450 | $4,513/yr | cable | yes | ≈159 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Franklin | 36 min | $274,050 | $5,618/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| West Springfield Hampden | 36 min | $328,600 | $4,639/yr | cable | yes | ≈169 |
| Palmer Hampden | 37 min | $277,900 | $4,630/yr | cable | yes | ≈136 |
| Bernardston Franklin | 38 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Springfield Hampden | 38 min | $267,900 | $4,181/yr | cable | yes | ≈690 |
| Orange Franklin | 39 min | $299,400 | $4,970/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 40 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Goshen Hampshire | 40 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Pelham Hampshire | 40 min | $292,700 | $5,608/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Erving Franklin | 41 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Westfield Hampden | 41 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈230 |
| Agawam Hampden | 42 min | $342,300 | $4,875/yr | cable | yes | ≈164 |
| Gill Franklin | 43 min | $308,300 | $4,597/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Wilbraham Hampden | 43 min | $429,000 | $7,572/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Longmeadow Hampden | 45 min | $511,700 | $9,966/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Northfield Franklin | 45 min | $302,100 | $4,025/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Colrain Franklin | 46 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Monson Hampden | 47 min | $348,100 | $5,084/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ashfield Franklin | 48 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| East Longmeadow Hampden | 48 min | $344,200 | $6,735/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Shelburne Franklin | 48 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Huntington Hampshire | 49 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leyden Franklin | 50 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
Reading This Honestly
- Drive times are computed town centre to workplace over the open road network, free of traffic. A hilltown's own roads, snow, and rush hour all add real minutes.
- Median home values are assessed values from the towns' own rolls, asking prices run different, usually higher.
- Recorded job links come from the 2022 Massachusetts main LODES file. Both home and workplace are in Massachusetts; interstate commutes are excluded. These are jobs, not unique people or daily trips. Only the top 25 origins or destinations are retained.
- "Tuitions out" means older students attend a neighbouring district by arrangement, every grade has a school.
Sources
- Drive times from openrouteservice by HeiGIT, map data from OpenStreetMap; town assessment rolls and certified tax rates. Checked 2026-11-02.
- Federal commute census (LODES). Figures through 2022.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.