Living Near Conway
43 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Conway, and roughly 171 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 | 15 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈42 |
| Shelburne Franklin | 18 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | ≈9 |
| Sunderland Franklin | 18 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Whately Franklin | 19 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Franklin | 21 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈15 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 22 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Greenfield Franklin | 23 min | $305,000 | $5,723/yr | cable | yes | ≈17 |
| Buckland Franklin | 24 min | $315,300 | $5,278/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Goshen Hampshire | 25 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 27 min | $430,500 | $6,575/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Bernardston Franklin | 28 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Colrain Franklin | 28 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
| Charlemont Franklin | 30 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Leverett Franklin | 30 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈2 |
| Montague Franklin | 30 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈7 |
| Northampton Hampshire | 30 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Hadley Hampshire | 31 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 33 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 33 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Amherst Hampshire | 34 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Cummington Hampshire | 34 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
| Gill Franklin | 34 min | $308,300 | $4,597/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 34 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easthampton Hampshire | 37 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Heath Franklin | 37 min | $242,950 | $4,711/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Northfield Franklin | 37 min | $302,100 | $4,025/yr | cable | yes | ≈29 |
| Holyoke Hampden | 38 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Shutesbury Franklin | 39 min | $385,400 | $6,317/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Hawley Franklin | 40 min | $250,300 | $4,055/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leyden Franklin | 40 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Southampton Hampshire | 41 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Erving Franklin | 44 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Chicopee Hampden | 45 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| South Hadley Hampshire | 45 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Wendell Franklin | 46 min | $274,050 | $5,618/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Worthington Hampshire | 46 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈3 |
| West Springfield Hampden | 48 min | $328,600 | $4,639/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Savoy Berkshire | 49 min | $207,950 | $3,019/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Windsor Berkshire | 49 min | $289,650 | $3,192/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Granby Hampshire | 50 min | $382,300 | $5,677/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| New Salem Franklin | 50 min | $341,200 | $4,647/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Springfield Hampden | 50 min | $267,900 | $4,181/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Warwick Franklin | 50 min | $272,200 | $4,502/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.
- 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.