Photo: Denimadept · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Gill have higher incomes than those in 68% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Gill is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+). The poverty rate is 5.8% (Massachusetts 10.0%). About one in ten stay in Gill for work; outside it, Greenfield is the main destination (17%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Gill stands out on work
Gill and Greenfield trade workers both ways
Greenfield is the top workplace for Gill residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Gill come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Gill are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 29 across Massachusetts. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Massachusetts worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 818 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Gill: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Gill’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: Gill’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Gill could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Out of Gill to work: where people go
Where Gill clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 21 minutes to work from Gill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gill workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 780 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Gill: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 751 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 559 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Gill on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What work there is in Gill: 626 jobs
626 jobs are based in Gill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gill, 2013 → 2023: 633 → 626. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Gill commutes less than 15 miles
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Gill gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 917 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Gill households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gill’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,363rd of 5,794: where Gill ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 525 | Whately MA | 1,622 | $117K | 5.4% | 4.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 622 | Otis MA | 1,610 | $109K | 1.2% | 6.2% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 654 | Wales MA | 1,833 | $89K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,361 | South Rockwood MI | 1,576 | $78K | 11.5% | 3.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,362 | Claude TX | 1,190 | $78K | 1.9% | 0.9% | 13% | B |
| 1,363 | Gill MA | 1,551 | $90K | 5.8% | 6.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,364 | Grant WI | 1,849 | $89K | 4.8% | 1.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,365 | Inez TX | 2,031 | $83K | 5.7% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Gill, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
The towns next door employ 28% of Gill
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill | – | B | B+ | 21 min | $90,208 |
| Greenfield | 17% | C− | A | 17 min | $55,614 |
| Northfield | 2% | B | D | 31 min | $103,375 |
| Montague | 6% | C | A− | 21 min | $70,510 |
| Turners Falls | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Erving | under 3% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $77,656 |
| Bernardston | 3% | B+ | D | 20 min | $81,940 |
Same-state neighbors only. Turners Falls: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Greenfield. Darker towns draw more of Gill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Gill: questions
What is the median household income in Gill?
$90,208 (±$13,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gill?
5.8%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gill?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gill work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (17%, 4 mi), Deerfield (6%, 9 mi), Montague (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gill walkable?
Gill is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.