Living Near North Adams
22 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of North Adams, and roughly 2,154 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksburg Berkshire | 5 min | $211,100 | $2,594/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈275 |
| Adams Berkshire | 11 min | $246,850 | $3,858/yr | cable | yes | ≈568 |
| Williamstown Berkshire | 12 min | $466,450 | $6,728/yr | cable | yes | ≈237 |
| Cheshire Berkshire | 19 min | $305,000 | $3,227/yr | cable | yes | ≈130 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Berkshire | 23 min | $213,000 | $1,764/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈67 |
| Monroe Franklin | 24 min | $146,400 | $1,483/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| New Ashford Berkshire | 27 min | $442,500 | $2,505/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Savoy Berkshire | 28 min | $207,950 | $3,019/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈45 |
| Lanesborough Berkshire | 29 min | $309,850 | $5,357/yr | cable | yes | ≈41 |
| Windsor Berkshire | 32 min | $289,650 | $2,731/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈14 |
| Dalton Berkshire | 35 min | $315,300 | $5,319/yr | cable | yes | ≈65 |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 35 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield Berkshire | 37 min | $256,500 | $4,516/yr | cable | yes | ≈435 |
| Charlemont Franklin | 39 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Rowe Franklin | 42 min | $285,550 | $1,496/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Cummington Hampshire | 43 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Hancock Berkshire | 45 min | $352,600 | $769/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Hawley Franklin | 46 min | $250,300 | $4,055/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Worthington Hampshire | 49 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Buckland Franklin | 50 min | $315,300 | $5,278/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Heath Franklin | 50 min | $242,950 | $4,711/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Peru Berkshire | 50 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | ≈19 |
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.