Living Near Richmond
25 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Richmond, and roughly 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Stockbridge Berkshire | 6 min | $535,700 | $5,629/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Lenox Berkshire | 11 min | $543,800 | $5,488/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Stockbridge Berkshire | 14 min | $702,200 | $4,891/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Pittsfield Berkshire | 17 min | $256,500 | $4,516/yr | cable | yes | ≈23 |
| Lee Berkshire | 19 min | $371,350 | $4,208/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Barrington Berkshire | 25 min | $518,000 | $7,024/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Lanesborough Berkshire | 27 min | $309,850 | $5,357/yr | cable | yes | ≈7 |
| Alford Berkshire | 28 min | $1,066,450 | $4,340/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Dalton Berkshire | 28 min | $315,300 | $5,319/yr | cable | yes | ≈7 |
| Tyringham Berkshire | 28 min | $563,500 | $3,736/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Berkshire | 36 min | $305,000 | $3,227/yr | cable | yes | ≈5 |
| Becket Berkshire | 37 min | $328,200 | $3,170/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Monterey Berkshire | 37 min | $620,850 | $4,483/yr | no wired cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Sheffield Berkshire | 37 min | $396,250 | $4,719/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Egremont Berkshire | 38 min | $601,400 | $3,957/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈1 |
| New Ashford Berkshire | 38 min | $442,500 | $2,505/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈1 |
| Otis Berkshire | 38 min | $449,300 | $2,678/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Washington Berkshire | 40 min | $336,450 | $4,650/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| New Marlborough Berkshire | 42 min | $534,100 | $3,851/yr | no wired cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Windsor Berkshire | 42 min | $289,650 | $2,731/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈2 |
| Hancock Berkshire | 43 min | $352,600 | $769/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈7 |
| Hinsdale Berkshire | 44 min | $355,700 | $3,781/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Adams Berkshire | 45 min | $246,850 | $3,858/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Chester Hampden | 45 min | $214,100 | $3,867/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Peru Berkshire | 45 min | $267,800 | $4,309/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.