Living Near Sheffield
15 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Sheffield, and roughly 567 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Barrington Berkshire | 13 min | $518,000 | $7,024/yr | cable | yes | ≈161 |
| Egremont Berkshire | 15 min | $601,400 | $3,957/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈30 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Marlborough Berkshire | 22 min | $534,100 | $3,851/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈68 |
| Monterey Berkshire | 23 min | $620,850 | $4,483/yr | no wired cable | yes | ≈12 |
| Alford Berkshire | 25 min | $1,066,450 | $4,340/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈9 |
| Stockbridge Berkshire | 27 min | $702,200 | $4,891/yr | cable | yes | ≈14 |
| West Stockbridge Berkshire | 32 min | $535,700 | $5,629/yr | cable | yes | ≈12 |
| Lee Berkshire | 35 min | $371,350 | $4,208/yr | cable | yes | ≈53 |
| Mount Washington Berkshire | 35 min | $436,000 | $2,603/yr | no wired cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Sandisfield Berkshire | 35 min | $407,100 | $3,212/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈12 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyringham Berkshire | 36 min | $563,500 | $3,736/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Lenox Berkshire | 37 min | $543,800 | $5,488/yr | cable | yes | ≈22 |
| Otis Berkshire | 37 min | $449,300 | $2,678/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈40 |
| Richmond Berkshire | 37 min | $531,400 | $5,447/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Tolland Hampden | 48 min | $326,850 | $2,598/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.
- "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.