Living Near Northfield
28 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Northfield, and roughly 144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardston Franklin | 11 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | ≈28 |
| Gill Franklin | 11 min | $292,900 | $4,367/yr | cable | yes | ≈14 |
| Erving Franklin | 15 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈7 |
| Warwick Franklin | 15 min | $245,600 | $4,062/yr | cable | yes | ≈6 |
| Greenfield Franklin | 19 min | $264,600 | $4,963/yr | cable | yes | ≈32 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montague Franklin | 23 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈11 |
| Orange Franklin | 25 min | $279,950 | $4,647/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Deerfield Franklin | 27 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈6 |
| Wendell Franklin | 28 min | $246,300 | $5,049/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈3 |
| Sunderland Franklin | 30 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leyden Franklin | 31 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈8 |
| Whately Franklin | 32 min | $419,050 | $5,602/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Colrain Franklin | 33 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| New Salem Franklin | 35 min | $350,500 | $4,774/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Shelburne Franklin | 35 min | $364,900 | $4,769/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverett Franklin | 36 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Conway Franklin | 37 min | $404,800 | $5,911/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 37 min | $416,900 | $6,255/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Buckland Franklin | 40 min | $315,300 | $5,278/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Northampton Hampshire | 40 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Shutesbury Franklin | 41 min | $385,400 | $6,317/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Hadley Hampshire | 42 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Charlemont Franklin | 44 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈2 |
| Amherst Hampshire | 45 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 47 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ashfield Franklin | 48 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 48 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Holyoke Hampden | 48 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
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.