Living Near Great Barrington
17 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Great Barrington, and roughly 1,721 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Berkshire | 13 min | $396,250 | $4,719/yr | cable | yes | ≈214 |
| Egremont Berkshire | 14 min | $601,400 | $3,957/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈98 |
| Alford Berkshire | 15 min | $1,066,450 | $4,340/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈30 |
| Monterey Berkshire | 16 min | $620,850 | $4,483/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈44 |
| Stockbridge Berkshire | 16 min | $702,200 | $4,891/yr | cable | yes | ≈59 |
| New Marlborough Berkshire | 20 min | $534,100 | $3,851/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈105 |
| West Stockbridge Berkshire | 20 min | $535,700 | $5,629/yr | cable | yes | ≈57 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Berkshire | 24 min | $371,350 | $4,208/yr | cable | yes | ≈167 |
| Lenox Berkshire | 26 min | $543,800 | $5,488/yr | cable | yes | ≈100 |
| Richmond Berkshire | 26 min | $531,400 | $5,447/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈39 |
| Tyringham Berkshire | 28 min | $563,500 | $3,736/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈22 |
| Otis Berkshire | 29 min | $449,300 | $2,678/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈40 |
| Mount Washington Berkshire | 34 min | $436,000 | $2,603/yr | no wired cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Sandisfield Berkshire | 34 min | $407,100 | $3,212/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈36 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield Berkshire | 41 min | $256,500 | $4,516/yr | cable | yes | ≈454 |
| Becket Berkshire | 44 min | $328,200 | $3,170/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈34 |
| Tolland Hampden | 47 min | $326,850 | $2,598/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.