Living Near Colrain
32 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Colrain, and roughly 129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyden Franklin | 18 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Shelburne Franklin | 18 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | ≈9 |
| Greenfield Franklin | 20 min | $264,600 | $4,963/yr | cable | yes | ≈19 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckland Franklin | 21 min | $315,300 | $5,278/yr | cable | yes | ≈8 |
| Charlemont Franklin | 23 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈20 |
| Bernardston Franklin | 25 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | ≈6 |
| Deerfield Franklin | 27 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Heath Franklin | 27 min | $242,950 | $4,711/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈10 |
| Conway Franklin | 28 min | $404,800 | $5,911/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Ashfield Franklin | 29 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈6 |
| Sunderland Franklin | 30 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Gill Franklin | 31 min | $292,900 | $4,367/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Whately Franklin | 32 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hawley Franklin | 33 min | $250,300 | $4,055/yr | cable | yes | ≈7 |
| Northfield Franklin | 34 min | $302,100 | $4,025/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Hampshire | 36 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 37 min | $416,900 | $6,255/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Montague Franklin | 39 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Northampton Hampshire | 40 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Erving Franklin | 41 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Hadley Hampshire | 42 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leverett Franklin | 42 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 43 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Rowe Franklin | 44 min | $285,550 | $1,496/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈12 |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 45 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Cummington Hampshire | 45 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Wendell Franklin | 45 min | $246,300 | $5,049/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Amherst Hampshire | 46 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 46 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Warwick Franklin | 47 min | $245,600 | $4,062/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 48 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Holyoke Hampden | 48 min | $262,450 | $4,603/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.