Living Near Washington
27 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Washington, and roughly 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinsdale Berkshire | 22 min | $355,700 | $3,781/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Peru Berkshire | 22 min | $267,800 | $4,309/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Pittsfield Berkshire | 26 min | $256,500 | $4,516/yr | cable | yes | ≈9 |
| Windsor Berkshire | 29 min | $289,650 | $2,731/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈1 |
| Chester Hampden | 31 min | $214,100 | $3,867/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Lee Berkshire | 33 min | $371,350 | $4,208/yr | cable | yes | ≈4 |
| Middlefield Hampshire | 33 min | $234,550 | $3,959/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Lanesborough Berkshire | 34 min | $309,850 | $5,357/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Lenox Berkshire | 35 min | $543,800 | $5,488/yr | cable | yes | ≈2 |
| Worthington Hampshire | 35 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈2 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Berkshire | 37 min | $305,000 | $3,227/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Otis Berkshire | 38 min | $449,300 | $2,678/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | ≈4 |
| Cummington Hampshire | 39 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Richmond Berkshire | 40 min | $531,400 | $5,447/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Savoy Berkshire | 40 min | $207,950 | $3,019/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Stockbridge Berkshire | 41 min | $702,200 | $4,891/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 42 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Tyringham Berkshire | 42 min | $563,500 | $3,736/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| West Stockbridge Berkshire | 42 min | $535,700 | $5,629/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Blandford Hampden | 44 min | $344,200 | $4,327/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 44 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Huntington Hampshire | 44 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| New Ashford Berkshire | 45 min | $442,500 | $2,505/yr | town fibre | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Adams Berkshire | 46 min | $246,850 | $3,858/yr | cable | yes | ≈1 |
| Goshen Hampshire | 49 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | 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.