Living Near Monterey
24 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Monterey, and roughly 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyringham Berkshire | 13 min | $563,500 | $3,736/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈12 |
| New Marlborough Berkshire | 14 min | $534,100 | $3,851/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈7 |
| Great Barrington Berkshire | 15 min | $518,000 | $7,024/yr | cable | yes | ≈8 |
| Otis Berkshire | 15 min | $449,300 | $2,678/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈1 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandisfield Berkshire | 23 min | $407,100 | $3,212/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Sheffield Berkshire | 23 min | $396,250 | $4,719/yr | cable | yes | ≈16 |
| Lee Berkshire | 24 min | $371,350 | $4,208/yr | cable | yes | ≈7 |
| Stockbridge Berkshire | 24 min | $702,200 | $4,891/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Alford Berkshire | 28 min | $1,066,450 | $4,340/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Egremont Berkshire | 28 min | $601,400 | $3,957/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈2 |
| West Stockbridge Berkshire | 31 min | $535,700 | $5,629/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Lenox Berkshire | 32 min | $543,800 | $5,488/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Tolland Hampden | 35 min | $326,850 | $2,598/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Berkshire | 37 min | $531,400 | $5,447/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Blandford Hampden | 38 min | $344,200 | $4,327/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Chester Hampden | 38 min | $214,100 | $3,867/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Russell Hampden | 38 min | $287,600 | $5,298/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Becket Berkshire | 40 min | $328,200 | $3,170/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
| Montgomery Hampden | 43 min | $325,200 | $3,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Huntington Hampshire | 45 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Pittsfield Berkshire | 46 min | $256,500 | $4,516/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Granville Hampden | 48 min | $332,400 | $4,702/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Mount Washington Berkshire | 48 min | $436,000 | $2,603/yr | no wired cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Westfield Hampden | 49 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
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.