Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.2 jobs in Hadley for every working resident, and 4,357 people commute in
4,664 jobs are based in Hadley; 2,147 of its residents have a job. Hadley grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Hadley is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hadley apart
Hadley is where the jobs are
Hadley has 4,664 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,700 people are in town, 48% more than the 5,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Hadley are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 29 across Massachusetts. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Massachusetts worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Hadley works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Hadley: Amherst Town (16%) and Northampton (11%). Next door ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Hadley: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hadley is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #183 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income holds Hadley’s grade up ($119,259, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hadley could be anywhere from B− to A.
In and out of Hadley on a workday
On a workday 1,840 residents head out to work and 307 work right here.
About 7,700 people are in Hadley on a workday afternoon, 48% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Hadley takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hadley workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,114 commuters (the 20% 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.
Who travels to work in Hadley, and from where
Where Hadley clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Hadley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hadley, 2013 → 2023: 4,874 → 4,664. 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 Hadley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Hadley commutes less than 10 miles
About 19% 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.
Hadley is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hadley is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #97 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 8.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,647 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 23% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 23% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 1.9% of Hadley households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Hadley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,696 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000, Hadley comes 1,086th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Lincoln MA | 6,925 | $175K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Hopedale MA | 6,066 | $116K | 2.9% | 1.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | West Newbury MA | 4,709 | $180K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,084 | Tracyton WA | 6,137 | $104K | 9.1% | 2.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,085 | Jarrell TX | 5,870 | $111K | 2.2% | 9.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,086 | Hadley MA | 5,213 | $119K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,087 | Deerfield NH | 4,989 | $132K | 6.8% | 2.5% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,088 | Burton Township OH | 4,392 | $82K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hadley, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Work next door: 27% of Hadley’s workers
The biggest share goes to Amherst Town (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hadley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley | – | B+ | A− | 20 min | $119,259 |
| Hatfield | under 2% | A− | B | 20 min | $89,005 |
| Northampton | 11% | B− | A+ | 21 min | $80,288 |
| South Hadley | under 2% | A− | A | 24 min | $93,910 |
| Amherst Town | 16% | B+ | A+ | 18 min | $66,968 |
| Easthampton | under 2% | B | A | 22 min | $71,673 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hadley’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 Hadley: questions
What is the median household income in Hadley?
$119,259 (±$11,537) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hadley?
6.4%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hadley?
20 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hadley work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amherst Town (16%, 3 mi), Northampton (11%, 6 mi), Springfield (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hadley walkable?
Hadley is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hadley without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 23% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hadley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hadley
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.