Living Near Bernardston
36 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Bernardston, and roughly 296 people across the region already commute to work there. 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 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield Franklin | 11 min | $302,100 | $4,025/yr | cable | yes | ≈31 |
| Greenfield Franklin | 12 min | $264,600 | $4,963/yr | cable | yes | ≈59 |
| Gill Franklin | 14 min | $292,900 | $4,367/yr | cable | yes | ≈39 |
| Deerfield Franklin | 20 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈16 |
| Leyden Franklin | 20 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈21 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erving Franklin | 23 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈9 |
| Sunderland Franklin | 23 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Warwick Franklin | 24 min | $245,600 | $4,062/yr | cable | yes | ≈6 |
| Whately Franklin | 25 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Colrain Franklin | 26 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Montague Franklin | 26 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈55 |
| Shelburne Franklin | 28 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Conway Franklin | 29 min | $404,800 | $5,911/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 29 min | $416,900 | $6,255/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Buckland Franklin | 32 min | $315,300 | $5,278/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Northampton Hampshire | 32 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈8 |
| Wendell Franklin | 32 min | $246,300 | $5,049/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Orange Franklin | 33 min | $279,950 | $4,647/yr | cable | yes | ≈11 |
| Hadley Hampshire | 34 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leverett Franklin | 35 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlemont Franklin | 37 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
| Amherst Hampshire | 39 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 39 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ashfield Franklin | 41 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 41 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Holyoke Hampden | 41 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| New Salem Franklin | 43 min | $350,500 | $4,774/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Shutesbury Franklin | 43 min | $385,400 | $6,317/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 44 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Heath Franklin | 45 min | $242,950 | $4,711/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Goshen Hampshire | 47 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Hawley Franklin | 47 min | $250,300 | $4,055/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chicopee Hampden | 48 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| South Hadley Hampshire | 48 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Southampton Hampshire | 48 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 50 min | $360,500 | $5,501/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.
- "Already commute" counts come from the federal commute census, which counts jobs by workplace, small flows fall below its floor and show as such, never as zero.
- "Tuitions out" means older students attend a neighbouring district by arrangement, every grade has a school.
Sources
- Drive times over the open road network (OpenStreetMap); town assessment rolls and certified tax rates. Checked 2026-08-05.
- 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.