Living Near Montague
37 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Montague, and roughly 1,287 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland Franklin | 12 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | ≈32 |
| Leverett Franklin | 15 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Erving Franklin | 18 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈67 |
| Greenfield Franklin | 20 min | $264,600 | $4,963/yr | cable | yes | ≈365 |
| Shutesbury Franklin | 20 min | $385,400 | $6,317/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈21 |
| Wendell Franklin | 20 min | $246,300 | $5,049/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈33 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whately Franklin | 21 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | ≈21 |
| Gill Franklin | 22 min | $292,900 | $4,367/yr | cable | yes | ≈56 |
| Northfield Franklin | 23 min | $302,100 | $4,025/yr | cable | yes | ≈86 |
| Amherst Hampshire | 24 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | ≈52 |
| Deerfield Franklin | 24 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈59 |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 25 min | $416,900 | $6,255/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Bernardston Franklin | 26 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | ≈61 |
| Hadley Hampshire | 28 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | ≈21 |
| Orange Franklin | 28 min | $279,950 | $4,647/yr | cable | yes | ≈87 |
| Conway Franklin | 30 min | $404,800 | $5,911/yr | cable | yes | ≈20 |
| New Salem Franklin | 30 min | $350,500 | $4,774/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Northampton Hampshire | 30 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈65 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick Franklin | 36 min | $245,600 | $4,062/yr | cable | yes | ≈26 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 36 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leyden Franklin | 38 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈31 |
| Colrain Franklin | 39 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈30 |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 39 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Holyoke Hampden | 39 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈20 |
| Belchertown Hampshire | 41 min | $418,200 | $6,400/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Shelburne Franklin | 41 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Granby Hampshire | 42 min | $382,300 | $5,677/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| South Hadley Hampshire | 42 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 43 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ashfield Franklin | 45 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Goshen Hampshire | 45 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Buckland Franklin | 46 min | $315,300 | $5,278/yr | cable | yes | ≈29 |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 46 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Chicopee Hampden | 46 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈38 |
| Southampton Hampshire | 46 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| West Springfield Hampden | 49 min | $292,000 | $4,121/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Charlemont Franklin | 50 min | $277,400 | $4,663/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.