Living Near Whately
51 of the 101 towns sit within fifty driving minutes of Whately, and roughly 1,005 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland Franklin | 10 min | $396,450 | $5,042/yr | cable | yes | ≈100 |
| Hatfield Hampshire | 12 min | $416,900 | $6,255/yr | cable | yes | ≈33 |
| Deerfield Franklin | 16 min | $424,900 | $5,846/yr | cable | yes | ≈64 |
| Williamsburg Hampshire | 16 min | $393,700 | $6,303/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Northampton Hampshire | 17 min | $504,350 | $7,060/yr | cable | yes | ≈81 |
| Greenfield Franklin | 18 min | $264,600 | $4,963/yr | cable | yes | ≈110 |
| Conway Franklin | 19 min | $404,800 | $5,911/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Hadley Hampshire | 19 min | $458,800 | $5,381/yr | cable | yes | ≈18 |
20 to 35 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montague Franklin | 21 min | $302,800 | $4,581/yr | cable | yes | ≈72 |
| Bernardston Franklin | 22 min | $303,300 | $4,610/yr | cable | yes | ≈18 |
| Leverett Franklin | 22 min | $464,000 | $7,456/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Amherst Hampshire | 25 min | $537,100 | $9,304/yr | cable | yes | ≈37 |
| Easthampton Hampshire | 25 min | $394,100 | $5,355/yr | cable | yes | ≈49 |
| Holyoke Hampden | 25 min | $262,450 | $4,603/yr | cable | yes | ≈43 |
| Westhampton Hampshire | 25 min | $305,700 | $6,221/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Goshen Hampshire | 26 min | $338,000 | $4,700/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Chesterfield Hampshire | 27 min | $360,500 | $5,501/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Gill Franklin | 28 min | $292,900 | $4,367/yr | cable | yes | ≈13 |
| Colrain Franklin | 30 min | $245,200 | $4,369/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Northfield Franklin | 31 min | $302,100 | $4,025/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Shutesbury Franklin | 31 min | $385,400 | $6,317/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Chicopee Hampden | 32 min | $287,000 | $4,374/yr | cable | yes | ≈52 |
| Shelburne Franklin | 32 min | $364,900 | $4,769/yr | cable | yes | ≈14 |
| South Hadley Hampshire | 32 min | $366,500 | $4,955/yr | cable | yes | ≈23 |
| Southampton Hampshire | 32 min | $448,400 | $6,016/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ashfield Franklin | 34 min | $359,500 | $5,116/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Leyden Franklin | 35 min | $283,000 | $4,157/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| West Springfield Hampden | 35 min | $292,000 | $4,121/yr | cable | yes | ≈37 |
35 to 50 minutes
| Town | Drive | Median Home (Assessed) | Tax on Median | Wired Internet | Schools Through 12 | Already Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckland Franklin | 36 min | $315,300 | $5,278/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Cummington Hampshire | 37 min | $330,000 | $4,122/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Erving Franklin | 37 min | $270,500 | $2,591/yr | cable | tuitions out | ≈14 |
| Springfield Hampden | 37 min | $267,900 | $4,181/yr | cable | yes | ≈79 |
| Wendell Franklin | 37 min | $246,300 | $5,049/yr | town fibre | yes | ≈13 |
| Granby Hampshire | 38 min | $382,300 | $5,677/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Ludlow Hampden | 40 min | $332,300 | $5,320/yr | cable | yes | ≈15 |
| Westfield Hampden | 40 min | $321,800 | $4,838/yr | cable | yes | ≈35 |
| Worthington Hampshire | 40 min | $350,300 | $4,880/yr | cable | tuitions out | below the count floor |
| Agawam Hampden | 41 min | $342,300 | $4,875/yr | cable | yes | ≈24 |
| Charlemont Franklin | 41 min | $277,400 | $4,663/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| New Salem Franklin | 41 min | $350,500 | $4,774/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Belchertown Hampshire | 42 min | $418,200 | $6,400/yr | cable | yes | ≈41 |
| Huntington Hampshire | 43 min | $298,300 | $4,406/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Longmeadow Hampden | 44 min | $511,700 | $9,966/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Plainfield Hampshire | 45 min | $244,850 | $4,300/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Warwick Franklin | 45 min | $245,600 | $4,062/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| East Longmeadow Hampden | 47 min | $344,200 | $6,735/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Montgomery Hampden | 47 min | $325,200 | $3,769/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Orange Franklin | 47 min | $279,950 | $4,647/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Heath Franklin | 48 min | $242,950 | $4,711/yr | town fibre | yes | below the count floor |
| Palmer Hampden | 48 min | $277,900 | $4,630/yr | cable | yes | below the count floor |
| Peru Berkshire | 50 min | $267,800 | $4,309/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.