Living Near Chesterfield
46 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Chesterfield, and roughly 142 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Hampshire | 9 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈17 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 11 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | ≈35 |
| Cummington Hampshire | 12 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈4 |
| Worthington Hampshire | 13 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈4 |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 17 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | ≈7 |
| Ashfield Franklin | 20 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈2 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainfield Hampshire | 22 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈2 |
| Peru Berkshire | 24 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Buckland Franklin | 25 min | $315,300 | $5,278/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Northampton Hampshire | 26 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈17 |
| Whately Franklin | 27 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Windsor Berkshire | 27 min | $289,650 | $2,731/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 28 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | ≈6 |
| Hinsdale Berkshire | 29 min | $355,700 | $3,781/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Southampton Hampshire | 29 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Huntington Hampshire | 30 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Hadley Hampshire | 31 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 32 min | $416,900 | $6,255/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Hawley Franklin | 32 min | $250,300 | $4,055/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Conway Franklin | 33 min | $404,800 | $5,911/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Montgomery Hampden | 34 min | $325,200 | $3,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Sunderland Franklin | 34 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savoy Berkshire | 37 min | $207,950 | $3,019/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Dalton Berkshire | 38 min | $315,300 | $5,319/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Shelburne Franklin | 38 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Charlemont Franklin | 39 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Holyoke Hampden | 39 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Amherst Hampshire | 40 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chester Hampden | 41 min | $214,100 | $3,867/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Deerfield Franklin | 41 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Greenfield Franklin | 42 min | $264,600 | $4,963/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Russell Hampden | 42 min | $287,600 | $5,298/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| South Hadley Hampshire | 44 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Washington Berkshire | 44 min | $336,450 | $4,650/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Colrain Franklin | 45 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Westfield Hampden | 45 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Adams Berkshire | 46 min | $246,850 | $3,858/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chicopee Hampden | 46 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Leverett Franklin | 46 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Montague Franklin | 46 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Bernardston Franklin | 47 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Middlefield Hampshire | 47 min | $234,550 | $3,959/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Cheshire Berkshire | 49 min | $305,000 | $3,227/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Pittsfield Berkshire | 49 min | $256,500 | $4,516/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Granby Hampshire | 50 min | $382,300 | $5,677/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| West Springfield Hampden | 50 min | $292,000 | $4,121/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.