Living Near West Springfield
44 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of West Springfield, and roughly 9,866 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Hampden | 7 min | $267,900 | $4,181/yr | cable | yes | ≈3,163 |
| Agawam Hampden | 10 min | $342,300 | $4,875/yr | cable | yes | ≈1,009 |
| Chicopee Hampden | 10 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈1,238 |
| Longmeadow Hampden | 13 min | $511,700 | $9,966/yr | cable | yes | ≈309 |
| Holyoke Hampden | 15 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈656 |
| East Longmeadow Hampden | 18 min | $344,200 | $6,735/yr | cable | yes | ≈270 |
| Southwick Hampden | 20 min | $342,800 | $5,048/yr | cable | yes | ≈236 |
| Westfield Hampden | 20 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈926 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easthampton Hampshire | 21 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | ≈194 |
| Ludlow Hampden | 21 min | $332,300 | $5,320/yr | cable | yes | ≈375 |
| Wilbraham Hampden | 23 min | $429,000 | $7,572/yr | cable | yes | ≈222 |
| South Hadley Hampshire | 24 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | ≈213 |
| Southampton Hampshire | 24 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | ≈84 |
| Northampton Hampshire | 26 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈153 |
| Hadley Hampshire | 27 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hampden Hampden | 27 min | $410,150 | $6,521/yr | cable | yes | ≈101 |
| Granby Hampshire | 28 min | $382,300 | $5,677/yr | cable | yes | ≈97 |
| Palmer Hampden | 30 min | $277,900 | $4,630/yr | cable | yes | ≈159 |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 31 min | $416,900 | $6,255/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Russell Hampden | 31 min | $287,600 | $5,298/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Granville Hampden | 33 min | $332,400 | $4,702/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 33 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Whately Franklin | 35 min | $419,050 | $5,602/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Hampshire | 36 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | ≈101 |
| Monson Hampden | 37 min | $348,100 | $5,084/yr | cable | yes | ≈71 |
| Sunderland Franklin | 37 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 39 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Belchertown Hampshire | 40 min | $418,200 | $6,400/yr | cable | yes | ≈130 |
| Huntington Hampshire | 40 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Montgomery Hampden | 41 min | $325,200 | $3,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Brimfield Hampden | 43 min | $387,900 | $5,190/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Deerfield Franklin | 44 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ware Hampshire | 44 min | $289,600 | $4,196/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Greenfield Franklin | 45 min | $264,600 | $4,963/yr | cable | yes | ≈84 |
| Tolland Hampden | 45 min | $326,850 | $2,598/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Conway Franklin | 47 min | $404,800 | $5,911/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Wales Hampden | 47 min | $298,000 | $4,211/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 48 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Montague Franklin | 48 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Bernardston Franklin | 49 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Blandford Hampden | 49 min | $344,200 | $4,327/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Goshen Hampshire | 49 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Lee Berkshire | 49 min | $371,350 | $4,208/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Leverett Franklin | 49 min | $464,000 | $7,456/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.