Living Near Blandford
25 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Blandford, and roughly 95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Hampden | 18 min | $287,600 | $5,298/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Hampden | 24 min | $325,200 | $3,769/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Chester Hampden | 25 min | $214,100 | $3,867/yr | cable | yes | ≈30 |
| Huntington Hampshire | 25 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | ≈9 |
| Otis Berkshire | 26 min | $449,300 | $2,678/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈4 |
| Westfield Hampden | 30 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Tolland Hampden | 32 min | $326,850 | $2,598/yr | cable | yes | ≈12 |
| Becket Berkshire | 33 min | $328,200 | $3,170/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granville Hampden | 37 min | $332,400 | $4,702/yr | cable | yes | ≈8 |
| Monterey Berkshire | 38 min | $620,850 | $4,483/yr | no wired cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Southwick Hampden | 38 min | $342,800 | $5,048/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Tyringham Berkshire | 41 min | $563,500 | $3,736/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Lee Berkshire | 42 min | $371,350 | $4,208/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Middlefield Hampshire | 43 min | $234,550 | $3,959/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Sandisfield Berkshire | 43 min | $407,100 | $3,212/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈1 |
| Washington Berkshire | 44 min | $336,450 | $4,650/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 44 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Southampton Hampshire | 45 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Worthington Hampshire | 46 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| New Marlborough Berkshire | 48 min | $534,100 | $3,851/yr | no wired cable | yes | below the count floor |
| West Springfield Hampden | 48 min | $292,000 | $4,121/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Chicopee Hampden | 49 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Holyoke Hampden | 49 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Lenox Berkshire | 50 min | $543,800 | $5,488/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Stockbridge Berkshire | 50 min | $702,200 | $4,891/yr | cable | 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.