Living Near Charlemont
37 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Charlemont, and roughly 282 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
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowe Franklin | 22 min | $285,550 | $1,496/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈10 |
| Colrain Franklin | 23 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈52 |
| Ashfield Franklin | 24 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈9 |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 24 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Florida Berkshire | 29 min | $213,000 | $1,764/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Conway Franklin | 30 min | $404,800 | $5,911/yr | cable | yes | ≈8 |
| Goshen Hampshire | 30 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Greenfield Franklin | 30 min | $264,600 | $4,963/yr | cable | yes | ≈34 |
| Cummington Hampshire | 31 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Savoy Berkshire | 33 min | $207,950 | $3,019/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈2 |
| Bernardston Franklin | 35 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | ≈8 |
| Monroe Franklin | 35 min | $146,400 | $1,483/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈6 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Franklin | 38 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈8 |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 39 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| North Adams Berkshire | 39 min | $191,450 | $3,057/yr | cable | yes | ≈7 |
| Leyden Franklin | 40 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Gill Franklin | 41 min | $292,900 | $4,367/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Sunderland Franklin | 41 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 41 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Windsor Berkshire | 41 min | $289,650 | $2,731/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Clarksburg Berkshire | 43 min | $211,100 | $2,594/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈5 |
| Whately Franklin | 43 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Adams Berkshire | 44 min | $246,850 | $3,858/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Northfield Franklin | 44 min | $302,100 | $4,025/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Cheshire Berkshire | 47 min | $305,000 | $3,227/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 47 min | $416,900 | $6,255/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Worthington Hampshire | 47 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈4 |
| Peru Berkshire | 48 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hinsdale Berkshire | 49 min | $355,700 | $3,781/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Williamstown Berkshire | 49 min | $466,450 | $6,728/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Dalton Berkshire | 50 min | $315,300 | $5,319/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Montague Franklin | 50 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈11 |
| Northampton Hampshire | 50 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
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.