Living Near Middlefield
21 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Middlefield, and roughly 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Hampden | 18 min | $224,200 | $4,049/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinsdale Berkshire | 25 min | $355,700 | $3,781/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Peru Berkshire | 26 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Huntington Hampshire | 27 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Washington Berkshire | 33 min | $336,450 | $4,650/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Dalton Berkshire | 35 min | $315,300 | $5,319/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington Hampshire | 38 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈11 |
| Becket Berkshire | 39 min | $328,200 | $3,170/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈1 |
| Montgomery Hampden | 39 min | $325,200 | $3,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Russell Hampden | 41 min | $287,900 | $5,148/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Windsor Berkshire | 41 min | $289,650 | $3,192/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Blandford Hampden | 43 min | $344,200 | $4,327/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈1 |
| Cummington Hampshire | 43 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈8 |
| Pittsfield Berkshire | 43 min | $256,500 | $4,516/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Otis Berkshire | 44 min | $449,300 | $2,678/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 46 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 46 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈4 |
| Lee Berkshire | 48 min | $371,350 | $4,411/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 48 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Lanesborough Berkshire | 49 min | $309,850 | $5,357/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Westfield Hampden | 50 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
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.