Living Near New Salem
26 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of New Salem, and roughly 69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shutesbury Franklin | 10 min | $385,400 | $6,317/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈17 |
| Wendell Franklin | 11 min | $274,050 | $5,618/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈1 |
| Orange Franklin | 12 min | $299,400 | $4,970/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Erving Franklin | 19 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈3 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belchertown Hampshire | 26 min | $418,200 | $6,400/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leverett Franklin | 26 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈18 |
| Warwick Franklin | 26 min | $272,200 | $4,502/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Amherst Hampshire | 27 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | ≈6 |
| Montague Franklin | 30 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Sunderland Franklin | 32 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Northfield Franklin | 34 min | $302,100 | $4,025/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Hampshire | 36 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Gill Franklin | 38 min | $308,300 | $4,597/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Granby Hampshire | 38 min | $382,300 | $5,677/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Greenfield Franklin | 39 min | $305,000 | $5,723/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Pelham Hampshire | 39 min | $292,700 | $5,608/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Whately Franklin | 41 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Bernardston Franklin | 42 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ware Hampshire | 42 min | $311,450 | $4,513/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Deerfield Franklin | 44 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Palmer Hampden | 45 min | $277,900 | $4,630/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 46 min | $430,500 | $6,575/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Northampton Hampshire | 46 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| South Hadley Hampshire | 46 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ludlow Hampden | 49 min | $332,300 | $5,320/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Conway Franklin | 50 min | $404,800 | $5,754/yr | cable | 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.
- 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.