Living Near Chester
37 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Chester, and roughly 76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Hampshire | 13 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | ≈11 |
| Middlefield Hampshire | 18 min | $234,550 | $3,959/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becket Berkshire | 21 min | $328,200 | $3,170/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
| Montgomery Hampden | 23 min | $325,200 | $3,769/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Russell Hampden | 24 min | $287,600 | $5,298/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Blandford Hampden | 25 min | $344,200 | $4,327/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈15 |
| Otis Berkshire | 25 min | $449,300 | $2,678/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈1 |
| Hinsdale Berkshire | 30 min | $355,700 | $3,781/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Lee Berkshire | 30 min | $371,350 | $4,208/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Peru Berkshire | 31 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Washington Berkshire | 31 min | $336,450 | $4,650/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 32 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Westfield Hampden | 33 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈11 |
| Worthington Hampshire | 34 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton Hampshire | 36 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Lenox Berkshire | 38 min | $543,800 | $5,488/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Monterey Berkshire | 38 min | $620,850 | $4,483/yr | no wired cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Stockbridge Berkshire | 38 min | $702,200 | $4,891/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Tyringham Berkshire | 38 min | $563,500 | $3,736/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| West Stockbridge Berkshire | 39 min | $535,700 | $5,629/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Dalton Berkshire | 40 min | $315,300 | $5,319/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 40 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Tolland Hampden | 40 min | $326,850 | $2,598/yr | cable | yes | ≈10 |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 41 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Southwick Hampden | 42 min | $342,800 | $5,048/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Pittsfield Berkshire | 43 min | $256,500 | $4,516/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Cummington Hampshire | 44 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Granville Hampden | 44 min | $332,400 | $4,702/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Holyoke Hampden | 44 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 44 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Northampton Hampshire | 45 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Richmond Berkshire | 45 min | $531,400 | $5,447/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Sandisfield Berkshire | 45 min | $407,100 | $3,212/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Windsor Berkshire | 46 min | $289,650 | $2,731/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Goshen Hampshire | 49 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Chicopee Hampden | 50 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| New Marlborough Berkshire | 50 min | $534,100 | $3,851/yr | no wired 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.