Living Near Lee
35 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Lee, and roughly 1,400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox Berkshire | 9 min | $543,800 | $5,488/yr | cable | yes | ≈113 |
| Stockbridge Berkshire | 10 min | $702,200 | $4,891/yr | cable | yes | ≈30 |
| Tyringham Berkshire | 13 min | $563,500 | $3,736/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| West Stockbridge Berkshire | 13 min | $535,700 | $5,629/yr | cable | yes | ≈31 |
| Richmond Berkshire | 19 min | $531,400 | $5,447/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈19 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becket Berkshire | 22 min | $328,200 | $3,170/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈77 |
| Otis Berkshire | 22 min | $449,300 | $2,678/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈24 |
| Pittsfield Berkshire | 22 min | $256,500 | $4,516/yr | cable | yes | ≈629 |
| Great Barrington Berkshire | 23 min | $518,000 | $7,024/yr | cable | yes | ≈90 |
| Monterey Berkshire | 24 min | $620,850 | $4,483/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈15 |
| Chester Hampden | 30 min | $214,100 | $3,867/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Alford Berkshire | 31 min | $1,066,450 | $4,340/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Dalton Berkshire | 31 min | $315,300 | $5,319/yr | cable | yes | ≈64 |
| Lanesborough Berkshire | 33 min | $309,850 | $5,357/yr | cable | yes | ≈22 |
| Washington Berkshire | 33 min | $336,450 | $4,650/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈19 |
| Sheffield Berkshire | 35 min | $396,250 | $4,719/yr | cable | yes | ≈27 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egremont Berkshire | 36 min | $601,400 | $3,957/yr | no wired cable | yes | below the count floor |
| New Marlborough Berkshire | 36 min | $534,100 | $3,851/yr | no wired cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Sandisfield Berkshire | 37 min | $407,100 | $3,212/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈18 |
| Cheshire Berkshire | 40 min | $305,000 | $3,227/yr | cable | yes | ≈17 |
| Westfield Hampden | 40 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈26 |
| Blandford Hampden | 42 min | $344,200 | $4,327/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Huntington Hampshire | 43 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| New Ashford Berkshire | 43 min | $442,500 | $2,505/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Windsor Berkshire | 45 min | $289,650 | $2,731/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Southampton Hampshire | 46 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chicopee Hampden | 47 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈19 |
| Hinsdale Berkshire | 47 min | $355,700 | $3,781/yr | cable | yes | ≈14 |
| Holyoke Hampden | 47 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Russell Hampden | 47 min | $287,600 | $5,298/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Tolland Hampden | 47 min | $326,850 | $2,598/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Middlefield Hampshire | 48 min | $234,550 | $3,959/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Peru Berkshire | 48 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Adams Berkshire | 49 min | $246,850 | $3,858/yr | cable | yes | ≈49 |
| West Springfield Hampden | 49 min | $292,000 | $4,121/yr | cable | yes | ≈17 |
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.