Living Near Hawley
30 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Hawley, and roughly 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlemont Franklin | 11 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈2 |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 13 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
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 | ≈2 |
| Cummington Hampshire | 21 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Heath Franklin | 22 min | $242,950 | $4,711/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Ashfield Franklin | 28 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈2 |
| Goshen Hampshire | 29 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Rowe Franklin | 29 min | $285,550 | $1,496/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈7 |
| Savoy Berkshire | 29 min | $207,950 | $3,019/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Shelburne Franklin | 29 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 32 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Windsor Berkshire | 32 min | $289,650 | $2,731/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Colrain Franklin | 33 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈6 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Berkshire | 36 min | $213,000 | $1,764/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Worthington Hampshire | 37 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Adams Berkshire | 39 min | $246,850 | $3,858/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Peru Berkshire | 39 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Conway Franklin | 40 min | $404,800 | $5,911/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Greenfield Franklin | 40 min | $264,600 | $4,963/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Hinsdale Berkshire | 40 min | $355,700 | $3,781/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 40 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Cheshire Berkshire | 41 min | $305,000 | $3,227/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Dalton Berkshire | 42 min | $315,300 | $5,319/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Monroe Franklin | 42 min | $146,400 | $1,483/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Bernardston Franklin | 46 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| North Adams Berkshire | 46 min | $191,450 | $3,057/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Deerfield Franklin | 48 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 48 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Clarksburg Berkshire | 50 min | $211,100 | $2,594/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Leyden Franklin | 50 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | 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.