Living Near Wales
19 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Wales, and roughly 95 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
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Hampden | 24 min | $410,150 | $6,521/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Wilbraham Hampden | 27 min | $429,000 | $7,572/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ware Hampshire | 31 min | $289,600 | $4,196/yr | cable | yes | ≈3 |
| Ludlow Hampden | 32 min | $332,300 | $5,320/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belchertown Hampshire | 36 min | $418,200 | $6,400/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| East Longmeadow Hampden | 36 min | $344,200 | $6,735/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chicopee Hampden | 43 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Granby Hampshire | 44 min | $382,300 | $5,677/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Holyoke Hampden | 44 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Longmeadow Hampden | 44 min | $511,700 | $9,966/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Springfield Hampden | 44 min | $267,900 | $4,181/yr | cable | yes | ≈6 |
| West Springfield Hampden | 46 min | $292,000 | $4,121/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| South Hadley Hampshire | 47 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Westfield Hampden | 48 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Agawam Hampden | 49 min | $342,300 | $4,875/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.