Living Near Northampton
55 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Northampton, and roughly 10,518 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Hampshire | 10 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | ≈232 |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 13 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | ≈1,575 |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 13 min | $430,500 | $6,575/yr | cable | yes | ≈265 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 16 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | ≈232 |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 17 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | ≈154 |
| Whately Franklin | 17 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Holyoke Hampden | 18 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈1,067 |
| Amherst Hampshire | 19 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | ≈584 |
| Southampton Hampshire | 19 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | ≈373 |
| Sunderland Franklin | 19 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | ≈154 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Hadley Hampshire | 24 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | ≈496 |
| Chicopee Hampden | 25 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈880 |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 26 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Deerfield Franklin | 26 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈240 |
| Goshen Hampshire | 26 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Greenfield Franklin | 27 min | $305,000 | $5,723/yr | cable | yes | ≈519 |
| West Springfield Hampden | 28 min | $328,600 | $4,639/yr | cable | yes | ≈394 |
| Granby Hampshire | 29 min | $382,300 | $5,677/yr | cable | yes | ≈174 |
| Conway Franklin | 30 min | $404,800 | $5,754/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Springfield Hampden | 30 min | $267,900 | $4,181/yr | cable | yes | ≈1,083 |
| Leverett Franklin | 31 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Montague Franklin | 31 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈237 |
| Bernardston Franklin | 32 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Westfield Hampden | 32 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈595 |
| Huntington Hampshire | 33 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ludlow Hampden | 33 min | $332,300 | $5,320/yr | cable | yes | ≈237 |
| Agawam Hampden | 34 min | $342,300 | $4,875/yr | cable | yes | ≈291 |
| Ashfield Franklin | 34 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Belchertown Hampshire | 34 min | $418,200 | $6,400/yr | cable | yes | ≈427 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Recorded Job Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longmeadow Hampden | 36 min | $511,700 | $9,966/yr | cable | yes | ≈153 |
| Cummington Hampshire | 37 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Gill Franklin | 38 min | $308,300 | $4,597/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Montgomery Hampden | 38 min | $325,200 | $3,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Worthington Hampshire | 38 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Colrain Franklin | 39 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| East Longmeadow Hampden | 40 min | $344,200 | $6,735/yr | cable | yes | ≈156 |
| Shutesbury Franklin | 40 min | $385,400 | $6,317/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Buckland Franklin | 41 min | $315,300 | $5,278/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Northfield Franklin | 41 min | $302,100 | $4,025/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Palmer Hampden | 41 min | $277,900 | $4,630/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Shelburne Franklin | 41 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Russell Hampden | 43 min | $287,900 | $5,148/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leyden Franklin | 44 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 44 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Southwick Hampden | 44 min | $342,800 | $5,048/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Wilbraham Hampden | 44 min | $429,000 | $7,572/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chester Hampden | 45 min | $224,200 | $4,049/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| New Salem Franklin | 46 min | $341,200 | $4,647/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Erving Franklin | 47 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Wendell Franklin | 47 min | $274,050 | $5,618/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Peru Berkshire | 49 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ware Hampshire | 49 min | $311,450 | $4,513/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Charlemont Franklin | 50 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Granville Hampden | 50 min | $332,400 | $4,850/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hampden Hampden | 50 min | $410,150 | $6,521/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.