Living Near Buckland
40 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Buckland, and roughly 252 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Franklin | 9 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈10 |
| Shelburne Franklin | 14 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | ≈48 |
| Charlemont Franklin | 15 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈14 |
| Goshen Hampshire | 16 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colrain Franklin | 21 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈23 |
| Hawley Franklin | 21 min | $250,300 | $4,055/yr | cable | yes | ≈8 |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 23 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Conway Franklin | 24 min | $404,800 | $5,754/yr | cable | yes | ≈12 |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 25 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Cummington Hampshire | 25 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈5 |
| Greenfield Franklin | 26 min | $305,000 | $5,723/yr | cable | yes | ≈41 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 26 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Heath Franklin | 27 min | $242,950 | $4,711/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈9 |
| Bernardston Franklin | 31 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | ≈6 |
| Deerfield Franklin | 33 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈12 |
| Rowe Franklin | 34 min | $285,550 | $1,496/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈10 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill Franklin | 37 min | $308,300 | $4,597/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Sunderland Franklin | 37 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Worthington Hampshire | 37 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Leyden Franklin | 38 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Savoy Berkshire | 39 min | $207,950 | $3,019/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Whately Franklin | 39 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Northfield Franklin | 40 min | $302,100 | $4,025/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 40 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Windsor Berkshire | 40 min | $289,650 | $3,192/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Florida Berkshire | 41 min | $213,000 | $1,764/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Northampton Hampshire | 41 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈13 |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 43 min | $430,500 | $6,575/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hadley Hampshire | 46 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Monroe Franklin | 46 min | $146,400 | $1,483/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈2 |
| Montague Franklin | 46 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈14 |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 47 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Erving Franklin | 47 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Hinsdale Berkshire | 47 min | $355,700 | $3,781/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Peru Berkshire | 47 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Southampton Hampshire | 47 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Adams Berkshire | 48 min | $246,850 | $3,969/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leverett Franklin | 49 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Dalton Berkshire | 50 min | $315,300 | $5,319/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| North Adams Berkshire | 50 min | $191,450 | $3,057/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
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.